Airworthy PrepInstrument Rating Airplane test code
IR.I.B.K2cPreflight Preparation: Weather Information
Instrument Rating Airplane test standard, area of operation I, task B
Written as ir.i.b.k2c or IR.I.B.K2c on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Acceptable weather products and resources required for preflight planning, current and forecast weather for departure, en route, and arrival phases of flight such as:
Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF)
What it means
IR.I.B.K2c is a knowledge element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Instrument Rating Airplane test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- IR
- Instrument Rating Airplane ACS
- I
- Area of operation I: Preflight Preparation
- B
- Task B: Weather Information
- K2c
- Part (c) of knowledge element 2
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing IR.I.B.K2c there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.
Sources: FAA-S-ACS-8C, Instrument Rating - Airplane ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Can be printed on 5 tests
- Instrument Rating Airplane Canadian Conversion (ICP)
- Instrument Rating Airplane EU Part-FCL Conversion (IEP)
- Instrument Rating Foreign Pilot via BASA (61.71) (IFB)
- Instrument Rating Foreign Pilot via Non-BASA (61.75) (IFP)
- Instrument Rating Airplane (IRA)
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