Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Most ratings have a requirement for one or more specific "xc trips" to be flown, read the regs for the details of each of these.
Most ratings also require a certain amount of "xc flight time". It sounds like you want to ensure that any required XC flights you do also apply towards total XC time.
For the basic ratings, in order to count XC total time you must land (or T&G) at an airport 50 NM or greater from the point of origin in order for the flight to count:
-50NM means STRAIGHT LINE, not flight planned route. We had a small patch that was exactly 50NM from the home base, but I didn't use that one because some feds seemed to think it was 49.5 NM.
-Intermediate stops are OK.
-You do not have to return to base
Intermediate stops are OK
Rickair is right here. As long as the destination airport is 50nm straight line distance from your departure, you can stop at every airport inbetween. This was covered in one of the Flight Training Magazine's Articles by Rod Machado, if I can remember which one I will let you know.