Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh
Instrument Rating IR
Requirements
Minimum age
Set by the licence you already hold
The rating itself sets no separate age; you must already hold a pilot licence for the aircraft category.
ANO-1, 2.7.3.1
Academic qualification
HSC (Science) with Physics and Mathematics, or equivalent
The syllabus examines IR alongside CPL and ATPL, under the same entry requirement.
ANO-1, 2.4.1.2.1
Medical fitness
As required by the licence you hold
ANO-1, 2.7.3.1
Validity
Tied to the licence it is endorsed on
ANO-1, 1.2.4, 2.1
Privileges
Fly under IFR in the aircraft category for which the rating was issued.
Privileges on multi-engined aircraft need the additional requirements of r.32(1)(b)(ii). The rating can be held for more than one category, but only by completing the requirements in each.
ANO-1, 2.7.2
Flight experience
These are the figures that differ between aeroplanes and helicopters. Everything above applies to both.
Aeroplane
Cross-country as PIC
50 hours
At least 10 hours of it in the aircraft category being sought.
ANO-1, 2.7.3.2 a
Instrument time
40 hours
No more than 20 hours instrument ground time — 30 hours where a flight simulator is used — and the ground time must be supervised by an authorised instructor.
ANO-1, 2.7.3.2 b
Dual instrument instruction
10 hours
Part of the 40 hours above, flown with an authorised flight instructor in the category sought.
ANO-1, 2.7.4.1
Helicopter
Cross-country as PIC
50 hours
At least 10 hours of it in the aircraft category being sought.
ANO-1, 2.7.3.2 a
Instrument time
40 hours
No more than 20 hours instrument ground time — 30 hours where a flight simulator is used.
ANO-1, 2.7.3.2 b
Dual instrument instruction
10 hours
Part of the 40 hours above, flown with an authorised flight instructor in the category sought.
ANO-1, 2.7.4.1
Where this sits on the path
You need a Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) first.
The written exams
- Multiple choiceabout 60%
- Descriptiveabout 20%
- True / Falseabout 10%
- Fill in the blanksabout 10%
Pilots' Technical Examination Syllabus, printed pp. 1 and 25.
Study this licence
The full CAAB syllabus, filtered to exactly the topics this licence is examined on.
Aeroplane
Instrument Rating (Aeroplane) Exam Syllabus
Helicopter
Instrument Rating (Helicopter) Exam Syllabus
Practice the questions
Our ATPL question bank follows this same syllabus, subject by subject — browse the library. The first 20 questions in every subject are free.
Source
Every figure above comes from ANO-1 — Air Navigation Order, Personnel Licensing (Gazetted 8 April 2024), and the examination format from the CAAB technical examination syllabus (Issue-1, 10 August 2005). ANO-1 replaced the Civil Aviation Rules 1984 as the basis for licensing in 2024 without changing any of these figures — what did change.