

An ATP certificate requires 200 hours of cross country time, some of which must have been flown as the PIC.

4) Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Requirements Check out this 2009 FAA Legal Interpretation to learn more. Don't miss this - it's stopped many check rides before the oral starts. This specific experience requirement does not allow for any intermediate stops during the respective 50NM or 100NM leg of flight. Similarly, commercial pilot students have a two hour long cross country experience requirement that asks pilots to include a single leg of at least 100NM takeoff to landing, among a few other requirements.

Don't forget that under FAR 61.109, private pilot students must fly a 150NM long cross country with at least one entire leg greater than 50NM straight line distance takeoff to landing, among a few other requirements. There's one catch to this 50NM rule, however.
