The cross country training requirement for sport pilots is quite simple. It requires 2 hours of cross-country dual flight training. That’s easy enough. Then it requires a simple solo cross country trip. This is usually something to be accomplished towards the end of your training when you are getting ready to take the practical exam and have several solo hours under your belt.
FAR 61.313 (a) states that a student must perform “One solo cross-country flight of at least 75 nautical miles total distance with a full-stop landing at a minimum of two points and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 25 nautical miles between takeoff and landing locations.”
A likely route we’ll use to fulfill this training requirement would be the following trip:
Chester (SNC) to Waterbury (N41) = 29 nautical miles
Waterbury (N41) to Robertson (4B8) = 9 nautical miles
Robertson (4B8) to Meriden (MMK) = 11 nautical miles
Meriden (MMK) to Salmon River (9B8) = 18 nautical miles
Salmon River (9B8) back to Chester (SNC) = 13 nautical miles
Total trip = 80 nautical miles