FAA 107 DRONE PILOT STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Class D Airspace - ✔✔-dashed blue lines
-ALWAYS starts at SFC
-SFC up to 2500 ft above towered airport
-"diminuitive" "dime-sized" small city airports
-requires ATC approval to enter
ceiling indicated by # in brackets
[#] or [-#] +00 MSL
[-#] non-inclusive
when operable tower of airport is not in operation-Class E surface area rules apply or
Class E rules apply to 700 ft AGL then Class G to surface
✔✔Class E Airspace - ✔✔-"elemental" "everywhere"
-unless marked otherwise, usually starts at 1200 ft AGL
-ceiling goes into others or tops off at 18000 ft MSL
-can start at 14500 ft MSL in rural areas
-surface/lateral Class E: area around a class E non-towered airport, start @ SFC &
requires ATC approval (magenta-dotted circle/lines)
-transition areas: start @ 700 ft AGL (thick fuzzy magenta lines)
✔✔surface/lateral class E airspace - ✔✔-magenta-dotted circles/lines
-area around a class E non-towered airport
-start @ SFC
-need ATC approval to enter (except for when extensions)
✔✔Class E Transition Areas - ✔✔-thick, fuzzy magenta lines
-starts @ 700 ft AGL
-usually indicates class G up to 700, then E from 700
✔✔Class G Airspace - ✔✔-not designated A, B, C, D, E
-uncontrolled airspace
-do not need FAA authorization
-not marked
-unless otherwise indicated, class G goes up to 70 ft AGL
✔✔Special Use Airspace - ✔✔-defined by areas in which certain activities must be
confined or where limitations may be imposed on aircraft operations that are not part of
those activities
-includes area name/number, effective altitude, time and weather conditions of
operation, controlling agency, and chart panel location
-prohibited, restricted, warning areas, military operations areas (MOA), alert areas
,✔✔prohibited areas - ✔✔P-#
-surrounded by blue hash marks
-areas where flight of aircraft is prohibited
✔✔restricted areas - ✔✔R-#
-outlined by blue hash marks
-areas where flight operations are hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft
-need specific permission from controlling agency in charge of the area in order to fly
here
✔✔warning areas - ✔✔W-#
-surrounded by blue hashed lines
-US government does not have sole jurisdiction over the airspace
-may be located over domestic or international waters or both
✔✔Military Operations Area (MOA) - ✔✔-established for the purpose of separating
certain military training activities from instrument flight rules (IFR) traffic
-MOA, surrounded by magenta hashed lines
-rarely extend below 1500 ft AGL
-good to find out if MOA is "hot" (active)
✔✔alert areas - ✔✔A-#
-inform nonparticipating pilots of areas that may contain a high volume of pilot training
or an unusual type of aerial activity
✔✔military training route (MTR) - ✔✔-used by military for conducting low-altitude, high-
speed flight training at speeds in excess of 250 knots (300 mph)
-above 1500 ft AGL flown under IFR
-under 1500 ft AGL flown under VFR
-identified on sectional chart as eaither IFR (IR) or VFR (VR) and # on a straight line
with an arrow
3#s = route @least one segment above 1500 ft AGL
4#s = routes flown @ 1500 ft AGL and below
✔✔temporary flight restrictions (TFR) - ✔✔-restriction on an area of airspace due to the
movement of government VIPs, special events, natural disasters, or other unusal events
-in place across National Airspace System (NAS)
-"stadium TFR"
-type of NOTAM
✔✔"stadium TFR" - ✔✔-prohibits flight at or below 3000ft AGL within a 3 NM radius of
any stadium with seating capacity of 30000 or more when there's a major league
baseball, NFL, NCAA Division I game, or major motor speedway event
, -takes place one hour before the scheduled event time until one hour after the event
concludes
✔✔Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) - ✔✔describes time-critical airspace info and either
temporary or not sufficiently known in advance to permit publication on aeronautical
charts or in other publications
✔✔VFR Sectional Chart - ✔✔-visual flight rules sectional chart
-shows geographical and man-made obstacles, certain airspace boundaries
-for USA: over 50, updated every 6 months
✔✔equator - ✔✔-imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
-divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
-considered to be at 0° latitude
✔✔latitude - ✔✔-imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator
-measure the degrees of latitude north (N) and south (S) of the equator
-range from 0° at the equator to 90° a the North Pole and -90° at the South Pole
✔✔Prime Meridian - ✔✔-imaginary line that runs vertically down the Earth from the
North to the South pole
-divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres
-passes through Greenwich, England
-represents 0° longitude
✔✔longitude - ✔✔-imaginary lines that up and down the Earth parallel to the prime
meridian
-measure the degrees of longitude east (E) or west (W) of the prime meridian
-east goes from 0° to 180°
-west goes from 0° to 180°
(makes up 360°)
✔✔latitude and longitude trends - ✔✔-as you move North, away from the equator, the
latitudinal degree numbers go up
-as you move West, left away from the prime meridian, the longitudinal degree numbers
go up
-opposite: if you move toward the equator or prime meridian, degree numbers go down
✔✔degrees of latitude and longitude - ✔✔-1 degree = 60 minutes
-marked as '
-each longitudinal and latitudinal line is marked 30 minutes from the next line; half a
degree apart
✔✔VFR Checkpoint - ✔✔-small magenta colored flag
-indicates a visual reporting checkpoint or waypoint for manned VFR aircraft
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Class D Airspace - ✔✔-dashed blue lines
-ALWAYS starts at SFC
-SFC up to 2500 ft above towered airport
-"diminuitive" "dime-sized" small city airports
-requires ATC approval to enter
ceiling indicated by # in brackets
[#] or [-#] +00 MSL
[-#] non-inclusive
when operable tower of airport is not in operation-Class E surface area rules apply or
Class E rules apply to 700 ft AGL then Class G to surface
✔✔Class E Airspace - ✔✔-"elemental" "everywhere"
-unless marked otherwise, usually starts at 1200 ft AGL
-ceiling goes into others or tops off at 18000 ft MSL
-can start at 14500 ft MSL in rural areas
-surface/lateral Class E: area around a class E non-towered airport, start @ SFC &
requires ATC approval (magenta-dotted circle/lines)
-transition areas: start @ 700 ft AGL (thick fuzzy magenta lines)
✔✔surface/lateral class E airspace - ✔✔-magenta-dotted circles/lines
-area around a class E non-towered airport
-start @ SFC
-need ATC approval to enter (except for when extensions)
✔✔Class E Transition Areas - ✔✔-thick, fuzzy magenta lines
-starts @ 700 ft AGL
-usually indicates class G up to 700, then E from 700
✔✔Class G Airspace - ✔✔-not designated A, B, C, D, E
-uncontrolled airspace
-do not need FAA authorization
-not marked
-unless otherwise indicated, class G goes up to 70 ft AGL
✔✔Special Use Airspace - ✔✔-defined by areas in which certain activities must be
confined or where limitations may be imposed on aircraft operations that are not part of
those activities
-includes area name/number, effective altitude, time and weather conditions of
operation, controlling agency, and chart panel location
-prohibited, restricted, warning areas, military operations areas (MOA), alert areas
,✔✔prohibited areas - ✔✔P-#
-surrounded by blue hash marks
-areas where flight of aircraft is prohibited
✔✔restricted areas - ✔✔R-#
-outlined by blue hash marks
-areas where flight operations are hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft
-need specific permission from controlling agency in charge of the area in order to fly
here
✔✔warning areas - ✔✔W-#
-surrounded by blue hashed lines
-US government does not have sole jurisdiction over the airspace
-may be located over domestic or international waters or both
✔✔Military Operations Area (MOA) - ✔✔-established for the purpose of separating
certain military training activities from instrument flight rules (IFR) traffic
-MOA, surrounded by magenta hashed lines
-rarely extend below 1500 ft AGL
-good to find out if MOA is "hot" (active)
✔✔alert areas - ✔✔A-#
-inform nonparticipating pilots of areas that may contain a high volume of pilot training
or an unusual type of aerial activity
✔✔military training route (MTR) - ✔✔-used by military for conducting low-altitude, high-
speed flight training at speeds in excess of 250 knots (300 mph)
-above 1500 ft AGL flown under IFR
-under 1500 ft AGL flown under VFR
-identified on sectional chart as eaither IFR (IR) or VFR (VR) and # on a straight line
with an arrow
3#s = route @least one segment above 1500 ft AGL
4#s = routes flown @ 1500 ft AGL and below
✔✔temporary flight restrictions (TFR) - ✔✔-restriction on an area of airspace due to the
movement of government VIPs, special events, natural disasters, or other unusal events
-in place across National Airspace System (NAS)
-"stadium TFR"
-type of NOTAM
✔✔"stadium TFR" - ✔✔-prohibits flight at or below 3000ft AGL within a 3 NM radius of
any stadium with seating capacity of 30000 or more when there's a major league
baseball, NFL, NCAA Division I game, or major motor speedway event
, -takes place one hour before the scheduled event time until one hour after the event
concludes
✔✔Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) - ✔✔describes time-critical airspace info and either
temporary or not sufficiently known in advance to permit publication on aeronautical
charts or in other publications
✔✔VFR Sectional Chart - ✔✔-visual flight rules sectional chart
-shows geographical and man-made obstacles, certain airspace boundaries
-for USA: over 50, updated every 6 months
✔✔equator - ✔✔-imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
-divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
-considered to be at 0° latitude
✔✔latitude - ✔✔-imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator
-measure the degrees of latitude north (N) and south (S) of the equator
-range from 0° at the equator to 90° a the North Pole and -90° at the South Pole
✔✔Prime Meridian - ✔✔-imaginary line that runs vertically down the Earth from the
North to the South pole
-divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres
-passes through Greenwich, England
-represents 0° longitude
✔✔longitude - ✔✔-imaginary lines that up and down the Earth parallel to the prime
meridian
-measure the degrees of longitude east (E) or west (W) of the prime meridian
-east goes from 0° to 180°
-west goes from 0° to 180°
(makes up 360°)
✔✔latitude and longitude trends - ✔✔-as you move North, away from the equator, the
latitudinal degree numbers go up
-as you move West, left away from the prime meridian, the longitudinal degree numbers
go up
-opposite: if you move toward the equator or prime meridian, degree numbers go down
✔✔degrees of latitude and longitude - ✔✔-1 degree = 60 minutes
-marked as '
-each longitudinal and latitudinal line is marked 30 minutes from the next line; half a
degree apart
✔✔VFR Checkpoint - ✔✔-small magenta colored flag
-indicates a visual reporting checkpoint or waypoint for manned VFR aircraft
