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Study guide

Five modules. Everything on the test.

The FAA lists the knowledge areas for the initial exam in 14 CFR 107.73 and publishes how heavily each is weighted. These modules follow that list. Read them in order if you are new to aviation; jump to the weak spots if you are not.

1. Regulations

Operating limits, who can fly, where, when, over whom, and what to do when things go wrong. The pure-recall numbers: 400 ft, 87 knots, 3 miles, 500 below, 2,000 across, 8 hours, 0.04, 10 days, $500, 14 days, 24 months.

15 to 25% of the test

Open the regulations module

2. Airspace and chart reading

Classes A through G, what the lines and colors on a sectional chart mean, special use airspace, TFRs, LAANC, and a practice chart to learn on. The most-missed area on the test.

15 to 25% of the test

Open the airspace module

3. Weather

Decoding METARs and TAFs, stable versus unstable air, fronts, thunderstorms, fog, wind shear, density altitude, and the Part 107 minimums.

11 to 16% of the test

Open the weather module

4. Loading and performance

Center of gravity, weight, load factor, stalls, density altitude, and why a heavy aircraft on a hot day lands early.

7 to 11% of the test

Open the loading module

5. Operations

Preflight, crew resource management, decision making and hazardous attitudes, emergencies, radio and airport operations, night flying, physiology, and maintenance. The largest slice of the test.

35 to 45% of the test

Open the operations module

Reference: Part 107 cheat sheet

Every section of 14 CFR Part 107 summarized in a sentence or two, plus Remote ID and registration. Read it the night before the test.

Quick reference

Open the cheat sheet

A three-week plan

About an hour an evening, five evenings a week.

  • Week 1. Read the process, then the regulations and airspace modules. Take a topic quiz after each. Get your FTN and look up test centers near you.
  • Week 2. Weather, loading, and operations modules with topic quizzes. Download the FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement and practice reading its chart excerpts.
  • Week 3. A full timed exam every other evening. Review every missed question and reread the matching module section. Book the test when you pass two in a row at 85 percent or better.

What the FAA says is on the test

14 CFR 107.73 lists these knowledge areas for the initial exam. Each links to where it is covered here.