Free Part 107 Practice Test (2026): Realistic Questions, Instant Scoring
Take a free Part 107 practice test built from a verified question bank — realistic airspace-heavy questions, instant scoring, a per-topic breakdown, and every answer explained with its FAA source.
The free Part 107 practice test on this site is a 20–25 question scored quiz drawn from a verified 65-question bank, weighted like the real exam and built to the same fact standard as our free Part 107 course. You get instant scoring, a breakdown by topic, and an explanation with its FAA source for every answer — so a wrong answer teaches you the rule, not just the letter. This page explains what the test covers, how it compares to the real exam, and how to use it in your study plan.
What the Free Practice Test Includes
Every session draws a random, topic-balanced set of 20–25 questions from the same bank that powers our full-length simulation. When you submit:
- Instant score — no email, no account, no paywall
- Per-topic breakdown — airspace, operations, regulations, weather, loading and performance, and aeronautical decision making, so you can see exactly where you stand
- An explanation for every question — why the right answer is right, with the rule cited (14 CFR 107.xx, the AIM, or the FAA handbooks)
- A source for every answer — each question in the bank traces to a verified claims ledger, so the numbers match the current regulations rather than recycled study-guide folklore
- Exam tips on the trap questions — the misconceptions the FAA actually uses as distractors
The bank deliberately weights airspace the heaviest (about a third of the questions), because that is what the real exam does to people. Sectional chart logic, airspace classes and floors, and authorization rules are where most candidates fail — reading sectional charts is the single skill that most separates pass from fail.
How the Real Part 107 Exam Works
Before you practice, know what you’re practicing for. The FAA Part 107 knowledge test, taken at an FAA-approved testing center:
| Format | Details |
|---|---|
| Questions | 60 multiple choice |
| Time limit | 2 hours |
| Passing score | 70% — 42 of 60 correct |
| Question style | Mostly applied: chart reads, scenario calls, regulation lookups |
| Retake wait | 14 calendar days after a failed attempt |
The FAA draws the 60 questions from five knowledge areas. The approximate weights we teach in the course and mirror in our bank:
- Airspace and charts — the heaviest, most-failed area: class dimensions, chart symbology, authorization requirements
- Operations — VLOS, crew roles, preflight duties, emergencies, radio procedures
- Regulations — operating limits, registration, Remote ID, categories for flying over people, night rules
- Weather — METARs and TAFs, density altitude, hazards, minimums
- Loading and performance — weight and balance, load factor, performance factors
You can read more about scoring and first-attempt outcomes in our Part 107 pass rate breakdown.
How This Practice Test Compares to the Real Thing
Honest comparison, because a practice test that oversells itself wastes your time:
What matches the real exam. The topic weighting, the question style, and the facts. Our questions are written the way the FAA writes them — scenario-forward, number-laden, and full of lookalike distractors built from real misconceptions (the 2,500-foot stadium TFR that old guides misstate as 3,000, the “waiver required” answer for night flights that died in April 2021, the sub-250g registration trap). Every answer traces to a verified source: the regulation, the AIM, or an FAA handbook.
What doesn’t match. Three things. The free test is 20–25 questions, not 60, and untimed — it’s a diagnostic, not a full simulation. Our questions offer four answer choices instead of the FAA’s three, which makes ours marginally harder on guessing. And no web practice test can fully reproduce the test-center experience of reading a printed sectional supplement under a clock. When you want that, the full simulation below covers it.
What it’s not. It is not the FAA’s own question pool. The FAA does not publish its live questions, and anyone claiming to sell them is lying. Our bank tests the same published knowledge standards (the Aeronautical Knowledge Standards the exam is built from) with original questions.
What the Questions Cover
The 65-question bank behind the test breaks down like this:
| Topic | Questions | What it drills |
|---|---|---|
| Airspace | 21 | Class A–G dimensions, chart colors and floors, §107.41 authorization, MTRs, restricted areas and MOAs, TFRs, LAANC |
| Operations | 13 | 400-foot rule and the structure exception, VLOS, visual observers, right of way, preflight and emergency duties |
| Regulations | 12 | Registration, Remote ID, certificate and currency, night and civil twilight rules, over-people categories, accident reporting |
| Weather | 9 | The 3-SM / 500 / 2,000 minimums, METAR and TAF decoding, thunderstorms and microbursts, AIRMETs, density altitude |
| Loading and performance | 5 | Load factor and stall speed, weight and balance math, cold-weather batteries, the 55-pound limit |
| Aeronautical decision making | 5 | Hazardous attitudes and antidotes, IMSAFE, PAVE, DECIDE, night-vision illusions |
If those topic names look broad, each one maps to free lessons that teach it in depth. A wrong answer on the practice test points you at the exact lesson that fixes it.
Is a Free Practice Test Enough to Pass?
Sometimes, yes — for pilots who already know the material. As a complete study plan, no, and you should distrust anyone who says otherwise.
Here’s the honest framing. A practice test is a measurement tool, not a teaching tool. Scoring 90% on a 25-question diagnostic tells you you’re probably ready; scoring 55% tells you exactly which topics to study. Neither one replaces studying. The candidates who fail the real exam almost always fail on airspace and weather decoding — topics where you need to practice reading actual charts and report strings until the grammar is automatic, not memorize answers.
The efficient path, if you’re starting from zero:
- Work through the free Part 107 course — 29 lessons, every topic, no cost
- Take this free practice test to find your weak topics
- Loop back to the lessons for anything you missed, then retake for a new random draw
- When you’re scoring comfortably, do a full 60-question timed simulation to build stamina
Consistently scoring above 80% on full-length timed practice is the standard signal you’re ready.
The Full 60-Question Timed Simulation
When you want the real thing — 60 questions, 2 hours on the clock, 70% to pass — the full simulation is part of our Part 107 course. It draws from the same verified bank with full exam weighting, flags questions for review the way the testing center software does, and gives you a per-topic report afterwards using the same sourced explanations.
It exists because the clock matters. Two hours sounds generous until you hit a wall of chart questions at question 40. Pacing, flag-and-return discipline, and sitting through 60 questions without a break are skills — and they’re worth practicing before the testing center charges you another fee to try again.
If You Don’t Pass: Retake Guidance
Failing costs a retake fee and 14 calendar days of waiting before the FAA lets you retest. Use the 14 days deliberately:
- Get your ACS report. The post-test summary shows knowledge areas where you were weak — study those, not everything
- Rebuild the weak topics with the course lessons, not just more testing
- Do at least one full timed simulation before retesting; partial practice tests don’t build pacing
- Retest when you’re scoring 85%+ on timed practice, not when the 14 days expire
Most people who fail once and actually study their weak areas pass comfortably on round two. The pass-rate data suggests the failures cluster on preparation style, not aptitude — people memorize question-answer pairs instead of learning rules, and the FAA’s rephrasings catch them.
And when you do pass: the test score is step one. You’ll complete FAA Form 8710-13 in IACRA, wait a day or two for the TSA check, print your temporary certificate, and start flying commercially. Your certificate never expires, but your currency does — free online recurrent training every 24 calendar months keeps it active. No testing center, no fee.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many questions are on the free practice test? Each session draws 20–25 questions, randomly and topic-balanced, from a 65-question verified bank. Retaking gives you a different mix.
Is this the actual FAA question pool? No. The FAA does not publish its live questions. This bank uses original questions written to the same published knowledge standards, with every answer traced to a verifiable FAA source.
What score do I need on the real exam? 70% — 42 of 60 questions correct, with 2 hours to finish. You can miss up to 18 questions and still pass.
How hard is the real Part 107 exam? With real preparation, very passable. Without it, the airspace and weather sections sink most first-timers. Give yourself two to three weeks of consistent study rather than a weekend cram.
Does the free practice test time me? No — the free test is untimed so it works as a diagnostic. The timed 60-question format is in the full simulation.
What happens if I fail the real exam? You wait 14 calendar days and pay the testing fee again. Your post-test report shows which knowledge areas were weak — study those specifically, then retest.
Does a Part 107 certificate expire? The certificate itself never expires. To keep acting as remote PIC you must stay current: free online recurrent training every 24 calendar months. Since April 2021 that training includes night-operations content, and night flying requires no waiver — just current training and a 3-statute-mile anti-collision light. Our night flying rules guide covers the details.
Where can I get the raw FAA study material? Everything the exam is built on — the regulations, the AIM, the handbooks, free sectional charts — is free from the FAA. Our study materials page links the official sources, and the free course organizes them into the order the exam tests them.
