Part 107 — Remote Pilot Certificate (Small UAS)

About this course

If you want to fly a drone for any commercial purpose in the United States — real estate photography, mapping, inspections, agriculture, cinematography, public-safety support — federal law (14 CFR Part 107) requires you to hold a **Remote Pilot Certificate**. The only way to earn that certificate as a new applicant is to pass the FAA **Unmanned Aircraft General – Small (UAG)** aeronautical knowledge test at an FAA-approved testing center. This course is built to get you there. The knowledge test is not about flying skill — it is about judgment, regulations, and airspace. Roughly 15–25% of the exam is regulations, another large block is airspace and chart reading, and the rest spreads across weather, loading and performance, operations, and physiology. Many first-time applicants fail not because the material is hard, but because they never learned to read a **sectional chart**, decode a **METAR/TAF**, or interpret **airspace classes and dimensions**. We teach those skills from zero, assuming no prior aviation background. This is a **BEGINNER** course, written for people who have never touched aviation regulations. We move from the structure of the FAA and the legal definition of a small UAS, through every operating limitation Part 107 imposes, into airspace and the LAANC authorization system, then chart reading, weather, crew duties, performance, maintenance, emergencies, physiology, and decision-making. Plan on roughly 15 hours of study. Finish the lessons, drill the practice bank until you consistently score above 85%, and you will walk into the testing center ready to pass on the first attempt.

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