TrainYourHold is a free IFR holding simulator that runs in your browser. Fly VOR and NDB holds on a working HSI, practice the direct, parallel and teardrop entries with wind and timing, then move on to radial intercepts, DME arcs and procedure turns. Each one comes with a written guide and unlimited random exercises.
Fly IFR holding patterns, radial intercepts, DME arcs and procedure turns in your browser, with a realistic HSI, VOR and NDB (QDM/QDR), wind, entries and timing. No install, no account, just open and fly.
Heading bug, course pointer, CDI and bearing pointer, flown like a cockpit instrument.
Hold at a VOR with CDI and TO/FROM, or fly the harder ADF way with proper QDM and QDR wording.
Direct, offset and parallel, with the 70°/110° entry sectors drawn on a moving map when you need them.
Join radials inbound and outbound using the 45 degree, 90/45 and homing methods from the built-in guide.
Join a DME arc from a radial, hold the distance around the station, and leave it at the lead radial to intercept the next one.
Wind up to 50 knots, ground track diamond, groundspeed, a built-in stopwatch and time acceleration up to 8x.
No download, no account, no personal data. Random solvable exercises with one click.
Short, plain guides. Open one here, or read the full page.
Work out an entry without flying one: set the clearance and where you are pointing, and it draws the sectors, the entry and, with wind, the headings and timing.
Yes. The trainer runs in any modern browser with no download and no account. Every new exercise puts you somewhere else with a fresh clearance, so you can fly as many holds as you like.
They are the three standard ways into a hold, chosen by the sector you arrive from. ICAO calls the teardrop the offset entry. A direct entry turns straight into the pattern, a parallel entry flies outbound on the non holding side and turns back, and a teardrop flies 30 degrees off the outbound course on the holding side. The holding pattern guide walks through all three.
Yes. Wind can be set up to 50 knots, and the HSI shows your ground track and groundspeed, so you can see the drift and correct for it on the outbound leg.
Yes. At a VOR you fly the course pointer and CDI with a TO/FROM flag. At an NDB you fly the bearing pointer, with QDM and QDR wording. DME arcs use a VOR with DME.
No. In the United States, 14 CFR 61.57(c) asks for holding procedures, intercepting and tracking courses and six approaches within the preceding six calendar months, flown in the aircraft or in a full flight simulator, flight training device or aviation training device. A browser trainer is none of those. Use it to keep the picture fresh between those flights, and to arrive at them prepared.
A one minute tour: set up a hold, fly the entry, and what else the trainer can do.
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Four core IFR procedures in one place: read how it works, then fly it until it does. Built for instrument students working toward the rating, rated pilots keeping current, instructors who need a diagram that moves, and flight sim pilots who want to fly the procedures properly.