Cleared to Fly

What the course covers

The FAA's knowledge test has five areas. Since September 29, 2025, they don't count equally: Regulations make up 48% of the questions, Operations 25%, Airspace 20%, Weather 5% and Loading and Performance 2%. The course gives each area time to match.

Every lesson is short, written in plain English, and ends with test-style questions. Open a module to see its lessons.

Start here: how the test works

  • The test today: 60 scored questions plus 5 unscored, 2 hours, 70% to pass

  • Your path to the certificate: FTN, IACRA, booking with PSI, test day, Form 8710-13, the TSA check

  • Picking a 2-week or 4-week study plan

  • How FAA questions are written, and how to read them

Module 1: Regulations (48% of the test)

  • Part 107 basics: who it covers and the words the test uses

  • Registration and Remote ID

  • The operating limits: altitude, speed, visibility and cloud clearance

  • Visual line of sight, visual observers, and one drone at a time

  • Flying at night and in civil twilight

  • Flying over people and moving vehicles: the four categories

  • The remote pilot in command: responsibilities, drugs and alcohol, accident reporting

  • Your certificate: eligibility and recurrent training every 24 months

  • Waivers and airspace authorizations

Module 2: Airspace and sectional charts (20%)

  • Airspace classes B, C, D, E and G, and what each needs from you

  • Special-use airspace, TFRs and NOTAMs

  • Reading a sectional chart, part 1: airports, airspace lines and symbols

  • Reading a sectional chart, part 2: latitude and longitude, elevations and obstacles

  • Current-chart workbook, for the questions that start October 26, 2026

  • Getting permission: LAANC and FAADroneZone

Module 3: Operations (25%)

  • Airports: runways, traffic patterns, towered and non-towered fields

  • Radio: CTAF, ATIS and the phonetic alphabet

  • Emergencies: lithium batteries, lost link, fly-aways and losing GPS

  • Making good decisions: aeronautical decision-making, crew resource management and the hazardous attitudes

  • Your body: fatigue, medication, dehydration and night vision

  • Preflight checks and maintenance

Module 4: Weather (5%)

  • Reading METARs and TAFs

  • What weather does to a drone: density altitude, wind, fronts and thunderstorms

Module 5: Loading and performance (2%)

  • Weight, balance, center of gravity and load factor

Module 6: Test day and after

  • Three full timed mock exams

  • The night before and the morning of: a checklist

  • After you pass: IACRA, the TSA check, your temporary certificate, and registering your drone for Part 107

Commercial track (Commercial Pilot course only)

  • LAANC step by step, with a real authorization walk-through

  • Waivers: when you need one and how to apply through the FAA's Aviation Safety Hub

  • Flight skills: the maneuvers to master before a paid job

  • Starting a drone business: niche, insurance, pricing, and a simple client agreement

  • Night, over-people and Remote ID rules on real jobs

  • Staying current, and where the proposed Part 108 rule stands

Pick your course

Practice Pass covers Module 6's exams. Ground School covers every module. Commercial Pilot adds the commercial track.

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