Ratings and additional qualifications · Instrument training
Instrument Rating (IR) / Multi-Engine Instrument Rating
National Flight Centre (NFC) Pilot Academy · Weston Airport, Leixlip · Ireland
At a glance
- Training category
- Ratings and additional qualifications
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- EASA Instrument Rating (IR) - multi-engine
- Jurisdiction
- Ireland
- Authority
- IAA
- Training framework
- Approved training organisation (ATO), national authority
- Training base
- Weston Airport
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Multi-engine instrument rating flight training (up to 30 hours may be in an FNPT II) and a modular distance-learning IR theory course.
- Completion provides
- Training toward the rating; issued by the IAA after tests.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- PPL and Night Rating or CPL
- 50 hours cross-country as pilot in command
- 13 ATPL theoretical knowledge exams or 7 IR exams passed
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
55 h flight time
Minimum flight training for Multi-Engine Instrument Rating; up to 30 hours may be in FNPT II
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
EUR 227Aircraft + instructor, per hourprice date 16 October 2026
Aircraft and instructor charged together per hour.
Per hour, flight training price; undated page (course PDFs labelled Jan 2026); inclusions not listed
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Source: nfc.ie/instrument-rating-ir
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordIAAApproved training organisation (ATO), national authorityApproval
Scope: Listed as an Approved Training Organisation; the IAA list does not state approved courses (the Approval Certificate details them)
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.