FAA 107 DRONE PILOT END OF COURSE EXAM
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔types of METAR reports - ✔✔1) routine METAR report transmitted every hour
2) special report SPECI that can be given at any time to update the METAR for rapidly
changing weather conditions
✔✔METAR station identifier - ✔✔-four letter code as established by the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
-for 48 contiguous US, unique three letter identifier is preceded by the letter "K"
-other regions of world and Alaska (PA) and Hawaii (PH), first two letters indicate region
or state
✔✔METAR report date and time - ✔✔-depicted in a six-digit group
-first two digits are the date
-last four are time of the METAR; always given in coordinated universal time (UTC)-Zulu
time
-"Z" os appended to the end of the time to denote Zulu (UTC) as opposed to local time
✔✔METAR modifier - ✔✔-denotes that the METAR came from an automated source or
that the report was corrected
"AUTO" - automated source
"AO1" "AO2" - indicate type of precipitation sensors employed at the automated station
"COR" - corrected report sent out to replace an earlier report that contained an error
✔✔METAR wind - ✔✔-reported with five numbers, unless the speed is greater than 99
knots, in which case the wind is reported with six numbers
-first three numbers indicate direction from which wind is blowing to the nearest ten
degrees in relation to TRUE North
-if wind is variable, then "VRB" goes after numbers
-last two digits indicate the speed of the wind in knots, unless the wind is greater than
99 knots, in which case is indicated by three digits
-if winds are gusting, the letter "G" follows the wind speed numbers, and the numbers
right after G indicate the highest expected wind gusts
✔✔METAR visibility - ✔✔-prevailing visibility is reported in statute miles as denoted by
the letters "SM"
-reported in both miles and fractions of miles
✔✔METAR weather - ✔✔1) qualifier of intensity
-intensity may be light (-), moderate ( ), or heavy (+)
2) weather phenomenon
-TS thunderstorm
-RA rain
-VC specific weather phenomenon is in the vicinity of 5 to 10 miles from the airport
, 3) descriptors, used to describe certain types of precipitation and obscurations
-BR mist
-RA rain
-SH showers
-HZ hase
-SN snow
✔✔METAR sky condition - ✔✔-height of cloud base reported with three digit number in
100s of ft AGL
-BKN broken clouds
-OVC overcast
-CB cumulonimnbus clouds
-TVU towering cumulus
✔✔temperature and dew point - ✔✔-given in degree C and separated by /
-temperatures below 0C are preceded by letter M to indicate minus
✔✔METAR altimeter setting - ✔✔A#### means manned aircraft pilot using altimeter
sets altimeter pressure to ##.## Hg
✔✔METAR remarks - ✔✔begins with RMK
✔✔METAR - ✔✔
✔✔Terminal Aerodome Forecast (TAF) - ✔✔-weather report for the 50mile radius
around an airport, typically around larger airports
-usually only valid for a 24-hour or 30-hour period
-updated four times a day at 0000Z, 0600Z, 1200Z, and 1800Z
✔✔TAF report - ✔✔type of report
ICAO station identifier
date and time of origin
valid period date and time
forecast meteorological conditions
✔✔TAF type of report - ✔✔routine forecast (TAF) or an amended forecast (TAF AMD)
✔✔TAF ICAO Station Identifier - ✔✔four letter code that usually starts with K
✔✔TAF date and time origin - ✔✔six number code with first two being date and last four
being time, given in UTC denoted by Z following numbers
✔✔TAF valid period date and time - ✔✔eight digit number group
-first four numners date
-two digit beginning time period
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔types of METAR reports - ✔✔1) routine METAR report transmitted every hour
2) special report SPECI that can be given at any time to update the METAR for rapidly
changing weather conditions
✔✔METAR station identifier - ✔✔-four letter code as established by the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
-for 48 contiguous US, unique three letter identifier is preceded by the letter "K"
-other regions of world and Alaska (PA) and Hawaii (PH), first two letters indicate region
or state
✔✔METAR report date and time - ✔✔-depicted in a six-digit group
-first two digits are the date
-last four are time of the METAR; always given in coordinated universal time (UTC)-Zulu
time
-"Z" os appended to the end of the time to denote Zulu (UTC) as opposed to local time
✔✔METAR modifier - ✔✔-denotes that the METAR came from an automated source or
that the report was corrected
"AUTO" - automated source
"AO1" "AO2" - indicate type of precipitation sensors employed at the automated station
"COR" - corrected report sent out to replace an earlier report that contained an error
✔✔METAR wind - ✔✔-reported with five numbers, unless the speed is greater than 99
knots, in which case the wind is reported with six numbers
-first three numbers indicate direction from which wind is blowing to the nearest ten
degrees in relation to TRUE North
-if wind is variable, then "VRB" goes after numbers
-last two digits indicate the speed of the wind in knots, unless the wind is greater than
99 knots, in which case is indicated by three digits
-if winds are gusting, the letter "G" follows the wind speed numbers, and the numbers
right after G indicate the highest expected wind gusts
✔✔METAR visibility - ✔✔-prevailing visibility is reported in statute miles as denoted by
the letters "SM"
-reported in both miles and fractions of miles
✔✔METAR weather - ✔✔1) qualifier of intensity
-intensity may be light (-), moderate ( ), or heavy (+)
2) weather phenomenon
-TS thunderstorm
-RA rain
-VC specific weather phenomenon is in the vicinity of 5 to 10 miles from the airport
, 3) descriptors, used to describe certain types of precipitation and obscurations
-BR mist
-RA rain
-SH showers
-HZ hase
-SN snow
✔✔METAR sky condition - ✔✔-height of cloud base reported with three digit number in
100s of ft AGL
-BKN broken clouds
-OVC overcast
-CB cumulonimnbus clouds
-TVU towering cumulus
✔✔temperature and dew point - ✔✔-given in degree C and separated by /
-temperatures below 0C are preceded by letter M to indicate minus
✔✔METAR altimeter setting - ✔✔A#### means manned aircraft pilot using altimeter
sets altimeter pressure to ##.## Hg
✔✔METAR remarks - ✔✔begins with RMK
✔✔METAR - ✔✔
✔✔Terminal Aerodome Forecast (TAF) - ✔✔-weather report for the 50mile radius
around an airport, typically around larger airports
-usually only valid for a 24-hour or 30-hour period
-updated four times a day at 0000Z, 0600Z, 1200Z, and 1800Z
✔✔TAF report - ✔✔type of report
ICAO station identifier
date and time of origin
valid period date and time
forecast meteorological conditions
✔✔TAF type of report - ✔✔routine forecast (TAF) or an amended forecast (TAF AMD)
✔✔TAF ICAO Station Identifier - ✔✔four letter code that usually starts with K
✔✔TAF date and time origin - ✔✔six number code with first two being date and last four
being time, given in UTC denoted by Z following numbers
✔✔TAF valid period date and time - ✔✔eight digit number group
-first four numners date
-two digit beginning time period
