IFR ETE with Practice Approaches

[Skid]

Curious what I should plug in for the time enroute when doing multiple practice approaches to different airports while IFR. Would it be the calculated time if I just overflew (lost comm) from departure to destination or +15 min for each approach I plan to do?

Thanks

 

[mscard88]

What difference does it make? It's just practice IFR, so an hour to two hours ought to cover it. You can reduce or extend the flight plan too.

 

[Skid]

Gotcha, wasn’t sure if being off by potentially an hour would cause issue in the system.

 

[mscard88]

Gotcha, wasn’t sure if being off by potentially an hour would cause issue in the system.

It's just a flight plan. Can be extended or shortened, depending on how you feel, tired out, confused, whatever reason. I go with 2 hours for my students, but we usually end up flying about 1 1/2 hours. Easier than closing a VFR flight plan too as you're already in contact with ATC and all you have to say is "cancel IFR".

 

[Skid]

Cool, thanks for the info