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The regs allow 30 minutes day / 45 night. A 60-minute personal minimum costs almost nothing in planning and buys you every alternate you might ever need.
The time to turn around is when you first think about turning around. Waiting "to see if it clears" is how the accident reports start.
Fly the wing down into the wind all the way to the runway, keep the upwind wheel down first, and don't let the controls go neutral after touchdown — increase aileron deflection as you slow.
Ten quiet minutes walking through flows, checklists, and the "what if" before engine start does more for your performance than ten more hours of rote flying.
