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INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR)

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

Rules governing the procedures for conducting instrument flight. Also a term used by pilots and controllers to indicate type of flight plan.

See INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC); VISUAL FLIGHT RULES; VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES ICAO.

Refer to AIM.

Also called IFR.

In the 7110.65

Used in 73 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 1-2-6Abbreviations
  2. 2-1-7Inflight Equipment Malfunctions
  3. 2-1-11Use of Marsa
  4. 2-1-21Traffic Advisories
  5. 2-2-5IFR to VFR Flight Plan Change
  6. 2-2-9Computer Message Verification
  7. 3-3-6Arresting System Operation
  8. 3-4-10Runway Edge Lights
  9. 3-7-5Precision Approach Critical Area
  10. 3-9-3Departure Control Instructions
  11. 3-10-2Forwarding Approach Information by Nonapproach Control Facilities
  12. 4-2-8IFR-VFR and VFR-IFR Flights
  13. 4-2-9Clearance Items
  14. 4-3-2Departure Clearances
  15. 4-3-3Abbreviated Departure Clearance
  16. 4-3-4Departure Release, Hold for Release, Release Times, Departure Restrictions, and Clearance Void Times
  17. 4-3-9VFR Release of IFR Departure
  18. 4-5-1Vertical Separation Minima
  19. 4-5-5Adjusted Minimum Flight Level
  20. 4-5-6Minimum En Route Altitudes (MEA)
  21. 4-5-7Altitude Information
  22. 4-8-1Approach Clearance
  23. 4-8-11Practice Instrument Approaches
  24. 5-2-7VFR Code Assignments
  25. 5-2-11Code Monitor
  26. 5-3-2Primary Radar Identification Methods
  27. 5-6-1Application
  28. 5-6-3Vectors Below Minimum Altitude
  29. 5-8-2Initial Heading
  30. 5-8-3Successive or Simultaneous Departures
  31. 5-9-4Arrival Instructions
  32. 5-10-4Lost Communications
  33. 5-10-15Military Single Frequency Approaches
  34. 5-14-7Inhibiting Minimum Safe Altitude Warning (MSAW)
  35. 6-6-2Exceptions
  36. 7-1-2VFR Conditions
  37. 7-2-1Visual Separation
  38. 7-3-1VFR‐on‐Top
  39. 7-4-1Visual Approach
  40. 7-4-3Clearance for Visual Approach
  41. 7-4-7Contact Approach
  42. 7-5-2Priority
  43. 7-5-3Separation
  44. 7-5-4Altitude Assignment
  45. 7-7-5Altitude Assignments
  46. 7-8-2Class C Services
  47. 7-8-5Altitude Assignments
  48. 7-8-6Exceptions
  49. 7-9-2VFR Aircraft in Class B Airspace
  50. 7-9-4Separation
  51. 7-9-6Helicopter/Powered‐Lift Traffic
  52. 7-9-7Altitude Assignments
  53. 8-2-1General
  54. 8-4-1Application
  55. 8-7-2Vertical Separation
  56. 8-8-2Vertical Separation
  57. 8-9-2Vertical Separation
  58. 8-10-2Vertical Separation
  59. 9-2-6IFR Military Training Routes
  60. 9-2-10ATC Security Services for the Washington, Dc, Special Flight Rules Area (dc Sfra)
  61. 9-2-13Military Aerial Refueling
  62. 9-2-19Weather Reconnaissance Flights
  63. 10-1-4Responsibility
  64. 10-2-5Emergency Situations
  65. 10-2-7VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty
  66. 10-2-8Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty
  67. 10-2-17Emergency Obstruction Video Map (EOVM)/Emergency Altitude Map (EAM)
  68. 10-4-1Traffic Restrictions
  69. 10-6-5Services to Rescue Aircraft
  70. 10-7-2IFR and SVFR Minima
  71. 12-1-2Airspace Classification
  72. 12-1-4Separation
  73. 12-1-7Special VFR (SVFR)