minitour

Look at the definition of "Cross Country" in 1.1. Basically two different airports using some sort of navigation.

Then go to part 61 and read the requirements for any certificate or rating where a cross country flight is specified. It specifies a minimum distance. Most are over 50nm. Some are 250, 300, etc...but most are over 50.

It isn't that a cross country flight (by definition) is over 50nm. It's that the certificate or rating requires the specified cross country flight to be a minimum of ___ miles. For the ATP it's something like 500 hours of cross country flight of either "at least" or "more than" 50nm (I can't remember how that's worded exactly...been a while).

-mini