Unlike many countries,[1][2][3][4] the United States places no special restrictions on VFR flying at night.
Three different concepts of "night" are referred to in the Federal Aviation Regulations in the US.
These include the periods from These uses of night are listed in order of increasing restrictiveness.
The end of evening civil twilight generally occurs less than one hour after sunset.
Specifically, 61.57(b) states that "...no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, unless within the preceding 90 days that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, and— This article relating to law in the United States or its constituent jurisdictions is a stub.