Block time (aviation)
A block time is the time between the first moving one aircraft out of its parking position for the purpose of starting to the stopping of all engines on the assigned parking position .
The term block time for aircraft is mentioned in the appendix of the code of the International Civil Aviation Organization and equated there with flight time. Part-FCL.10 of the European Aviation Safety Agency uses the same definition, but only refers to it as flight time.
For crew members , a distinction must be made between flight duty time, transport time, neutral time and working time.
Flight time
Flight time for different aircraft categories is defined in Part-FCL.10 of EASA:
- Airplanes, touring motor gliders and aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capability , this refers to the time from the point in time at which an aircraft starts to move to the point in time at which it comes to a standstill at the end of the flight
- For helicopters , this refers to the time from the point in time at which the rotor blades of the helicopter begin to turn to the point in time at which the helicopter finally comes to a standstill at the end of the flight and the rotor blades are stopped
- Airships this refers to the time from the point in time when an airship is released from the mast in order to take off until the point in time when the airship finally comes to a standstill at the end of the flight and is attached to the mast;
- For sailplanes , this means the time from the time the glider begins its take-off roll to the time the glider finally comes to a standstill at the end of the flight;
- Balloons , this refers to the time from when the basket lifts off the ground in order to take off until the time when it finally comes to a standstill at the end of the flight.
According to EASA AMC1 FCL.050, the pilot enters this flight time in his flight log and the logbook . As a rule, the flight times cannot be derived from the take-off and landing times of the airport and therefore do not correspond to the data in the main flight log of the airport.
According to US law, the pilot enters the hobbsmeter time in his flight log.
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- ↑ § 2 2. DV LuftBO
- ↑ Appendices to the Convention of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Appendix 1: Personnel Licensing.
- ↑ a b VO (EU) 1178/2011
- ↑ European Aviation Safety Agency: Part-FCL - Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material. June 1, 2016, accessed September 19, 2019 .
- ↑ 14 CFR § 1.1 - General definitions. Retrieved September 19, 2019 .