Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate
Complete study guide for the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. Free course covering regulations, airspace, weather, operations, and flight physics.
Getting Started
Why Get Your Part 107 Certificate?
Everything you need to know about the Part 107 exam — format, eligibility, registration, and what to expect on test day.
Drone Registration & Your Remote Pilot Certificate
FAA drone registration under Part 48, Remote ID compliance (standard, broadcast module, FRIA) under Part 89, and getting and keeping your Remote Pilot Certificate.
Regulations
Part 107 Operating Rules
Every operating limit in 14 CFR Part 107 with citations — altitude, speed, night and civil twilight rules since 2021, VLOS, right-of-way, and the transponder and ADS-B prohibitions.
Remote PIC Responsibilities
The remote PIC's final authority and duties under 14 CFR 107.19, crew roles, in-flight emergency deviation, alcohol rules, and how federal and local laws stack.
Operations Over People & Night Flying
The four categories of operations over people from 14 CFR 107 subpart D, the 2021 night rules, Remote ID ties, and what Part 107 waivers can and cannot do.
Reporting & Recordkeeping
FAA accident reporting under 14 CFR 107.9 — the 10-day rule, the $500 threshold, serious injury — plus document inspection duties and what records to keep.
Airspace & Charts
Airspace Classification
Class A through G airspace explained for drone pilots — exact dimensions, sectional chart colors, and when 14 CFR 107.41 requires ATC authorization before you fly.
Special Use Airspace
Prohibited areas, restricted areas, MOAs, alert and warning areas, CFAs, NSAs, TRSAs, and military training routes — what each restricted airspace type means for drone pilots.
Airspace on Sectional Charts
How to read a sectional chart for drone flying — airspace boundaries, MSL vs AGL, altitude markers, worked scenarios, and the flight hazards charted around you.
Airports & Obstacles on Charts
Reading airport symbols, data blocks, and Chart Supplement entries, plus obstacle markers, tower lighting, and Maximum Elevation Figures on sectional charts.
Coordinates, Terrain & Magnetic Variation
Latitude/longitude grid work, decimal coordinate conversion, terrain colors and contours, and true-vs-magnetic variation math for the Part 107 exam.
Chart Practice Walkthrough
Step-by-step sectional chart practice — airspace decision trees, obstacle math, airport data block decode, TFR awareness, and the exam's Figure-and-Area format.
Weather
The Atmosphere & Density Altitude
Standard atmosphere numbers, pressure altitude, and density altitude worked problems — how hot, high, and humid air quietly steals drone performance.
Clouds, Fronts & Atmospheric Stability
Cloud types, lapse rates and cloud-base math, stable vs. unstable air, and cold, warm, stationary, and occluded fronts — the weather theory behind drone go/no-go calls.
Weather Hazards for Drone Pilots
Thunderstorms, microbursts, wind shear, fog, icing, and inversions — plus the exact Part 107 visibility and cloud-clearance minimums from 14 CFR 107.51.
METARs & TAFs
Decoding METARs and TAFs for drone pilots — winds, visibility, RVR, CAVOK, cloud layers, TAF change groups, and Zulu time drills for the Part 107 exam.
Weather Briefings & Sources
Where drone pilots get weather — briefing types, SIGMETs, convective SIGMETs, AIRMETs Sierra/Tango/Zulu, graphical forecasts, and NOTAMs through Flight Service.
Loading & Performance
Basic Aerodynamics
The four forces of flight, angle of attack, stalls, and ground effect — how drones stay in the air.
Weight, Balance & Loading
Drone weight and balance from first principles — CG moment and arm calculations worked step by step, useful load, payload effects, and why an out-of-limits CG feels like a control failure.
Aircraft Performance
How environmental conditions affect drone performance — takeoff distance, climb rate, and endurance.
Operations
Preflight Planning & Inspection
The complete drone preflight sequence — site survey, NOTAM deciphering, LAANC and UAS Facility Maps, night preflight items, and the 14 CFR 107.49 inspection duties.
Airport Operations
Airports up close for drone pilots — runway numbering and markings, signs and lighting, traffic patterns, segmented circles, SIDA security areas, wildlife hazards, and wake turbulence.
Radio Communications
Aviation radio for drone pilots — frequency spectrum, CTAF and UNICOM, ATIS, call signs and phraseology, and the light gun signals that work when nothing else does.
Emergency Procedures
Drone emergencies and what to do about them — flyaways, loss of link, GPS loss, lithium battery fires, over-people and night emergencies, and when NTSB notification rules kick in.
Aeronautical Decision Making
IMSAFE, PAVE, hazardous attitudes, crew resource management — the decision-making frameworks that keep flights safe.
Physiology & Maintenance
Human Factors & Physiology
How the human body responds to flight — hypoxia, dehydration, spatial disorientation, vision, and the effects of drugs and alcohol.
Maintenance & Inspection
Keeping your drone airworthy — preflight inspections, condition for safe operation, and recordkeeping.