lentotunteja

Lentotunteja, a Finnish term, translates to "flight hours" and refers to the cumulative time an aircraft has been airborne. This metric is crucial in aviation for various reasons, primarily related to maintenance, pilot training, and aircraft valuation.

For aircraft, flight hours serve as a primary indicator for scheduled maintenance. Many components, from engines to landing gear, have service life limitations defined in flight hours. Exceeding these limits without proper inspection or replacement can compromise safety. Therefore, meticulous tracking of flight hours is a fundamental aspect of aircraft maintenance programs.

For pilots, accumulating flight hours is a fundamental requirement for obtaining and maintaining pilot licenses and ratings. Different levels of pilot certification, such as private pilot, commercial pilot, and airline transport pilot, require a minimum number of logged flight hours, often with specific conditions like night flying or instrument flight time. Flight hours demonstrate experience and proficiency.

Furthermore, flight hours are a significant factor in determining an aircraft's value. An aircraft with fewer flight hours is generally considered to have more remaining service life and is therefore more valuable than a similar aircraft with significantly higher flight hours, assuming all other factors like age and condition are equal. This makes flight hour logs an essential part of any aircraft sales transaction.