Experience and “Comfort Level” Assessment  VFR & MVFR Weather Condition Ceiling Day Night Visibility Day Night VFR > 3,000 — 5,000 > 5 miles — 8 miles MVFR 1,000–3,000 2,500 — 3–5 miles 4 miles — Ceiling and visibility are the most obvious conditions to  consider in setting personal minimums, but it is also a good  idea to have personal minimums for wind and turbulence. As  with ceiling and visibility, the goal in this step is to record  the most challenging wind conditions you have comfortably  Even in your home airspace, you should not consider flying  down to VFR minimums at night—much less in the range  of conditions defined as MVFR. For night VFR, anything  less than a ceiling of at least 5,000, and visibility of at least  seven to eight miles should raise a red flag.  If entries are combined into a single chart, the summary  of your personal known “comfort level” for VFR, MVFR,  IFR, and LIFR weather conditions would appear as shown  in  Figure 8-5. Figure 8-3  shows how your entries would look in the  Experience & Comfort Level Assessment VFR & MFR chart. If you fly IFR, the next part of the exercise shown in  Figure 8-4  is to record the lowest IFR conditions that you  have comfortably, recently, and regularly experienced in  your flying career. Again, be honest in your assessment.  Although you may have successfully flown in low IFR  (LIFR) conditions-–down to a 300 foot ceiling and ¾ mile  visibility—it does not mean you were “comfortable” in  these conditions. Therefore, leave the LIFR boxes blank  with entries for known “comfort level” in instrument  meteorological conditions (IMC), as shown in  Figure 8-4.  Figure 8-3.  Experience and comfort level assessment for VFR and  MVFR.  Figure 8-2.  Certification, training, and experience summary. Figure 8-4.  Experience and comfort level assessment for IFR and  LIFR.  Certificate level (e.g., private, commercial, ATP) Ratings (e.g., instrument, multiengine) Endorsements (e.g., complex, high performance, high altitude) Total flying time Years of flying experience Flight review (e.g., certificate, rating, wings) Instrument Proficiency Check Time since checkout in airplane 1 Time since checkout in airplane 2 Time since checkout in airplane 3 Variation in equipment (e.g., GPS navigators, autopilot) Hours Hours in this airplane (or identical model) Landings Night hours Night landings Hours flown in high density altitude Hours flown in mountainous terrain Crosswind landings IFR hours IMC hours (actual conditions) Approaches (actual or simulated) Experience Recent Experience (last 12 months) Training Summary Certification Level Certification, Training, and Experience Summary Step 3—Consider Other Conditions Experience and “Comfort Level” Assessment  IFR & LIFR Weather Condition Ceiling Day Night Visibility Day Night IFR 500–999 800 999 1–3 miles 1 mile 3 miles LIFR < 500 — — < 1 mile — — 8-4