If you can fly, you can do this.
Your Instrument Rating, in four clear stages.
You already hold a Private certificate — which means you're more than halfway to flying on instruments. The rating is one finite skill: control the airplane by the panel, then fly approaches down to minimums.
We break it into four sequential blocks, each building on the last, so you always know exactly where you are and exactly what's next. No mystery, no plateau with nowhere to go.
The path
One descent. Four stages. Then you break out.
The Instrument Rating teaches you to fly an approach the way the airplane sees it — by reference to the panel, down to a published minimum. Here's the exact order you'll learn it in.
01 · Attitude instrument flying
Basic instrument maneuvers and recovery from unusual attitudes. You learn to control the airplane precisely using the panel alone — the foundation everything after this is built on.
02 · Navigation & holds
Holding patterns, DME arcs, and intercepting and tracking courses using electronic navigation systems. You learn to put the airplane exactly where the procedure says it should be.
03 · Non-precision approaches
Approaches flown to a minimum descent altitude using lateral guidance. You run the procedure, step the airplane down, and either break out and land — or fly the missed approach.
04 · Precision approaches
Approaches flown to a decision altitude on a glideslope — vertical and lateral guidance together. The most accurate way to arrive in low weather, and the last skill before your checkride.
Checkride · Instrument rated
Minimums. Rating in hand. You're cleared to fly in instrument conditions — legally, safely, and on your own. Weather stops being the thing that grounds your plans.
Before you start
What you need to begin — and what we expect to be honest about.
Ready to make weather optional?
Tell us where you are in your training. We'll map your four stages, give you a realistic timeline, and walk you through current pricing and financing options.