IFR is instrument flight rules, rules for when flight by outside visual reference is not safe.

IFR may also refer to:

  • Infection fatality rate in epidemiology
  • Ideal final result, an engineering design goal
  • In-flight refueling
  • Institute of Food Research, an agricultural and food science research institution
  • Integral fast reactor, a nuclear reactor design
  • International Federation of Robotics
  • International Financing Review, a financial magazine
  • International Fleet Review, various publications of the same name
  • Instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR), a diagnostic medical test used in coronary artery stenosis assessment
  • Immortals Fenyx Rising, a 2020 video game
  • Infield fly rule, a rule in baseball that treats certain balls as caught regardless of outcome
  • Instrument flight rules, rules and regulations established by the U.S. FAA to govern flight under conditions in which flight by outside visual reference is not safe