FAA 107 DRONE PILOT CORE EXAMS SET 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Victor Airway - ✔✔-straight-line segment that's used to depict low-altitude civilian air
traffic
-on sectional chart: thick, faded blue lines that run btn either two VHF omnidirectional
range (VOR) stations, or a VOR and a VOR intersection
-identified by a number
-designated as Class E airspace
-vertically start at a base of 1,200 ft AGL and go up to 18,000 ft MSL
✔✔Chart Supplement U.S. - ✔✔-formerly Airport/Facility Directory
-provides the most comprehensive info on a given airport
-contains info on public: airports, heliports, and seaplane bases
✔✔airport runways - ✔✔-labeled 1-36; # corresponds to the runway's magnetic, or
compass, alignment (which direction the runway is facing)
-designed to take advantage of normal wind patterns
✔✔airport traffic pattern - ✔✔-left pattern
-all turns are made to the left unless otherwise specified
-ideal flight patter: aircraft take off and land into a headwind
-manned aircraft pilot should arrive at the proper traffic pattern altitude prior to entering
the traffic pattern
-recommended entry position to an airport traffic pattern is to enter 45° at the midpoint
of the downwind leg at traffic pattern altitude
✔✔Right of Way / See and Avoid rules - ✔✔-remain clear of and yield right-of-way to all
other aircraft and to other potential hazards
-aircraft in distress always has the right of way over all other air traffic
-if approaching a similar-sized fixed-wing unmanned aircraft, both alter courses to right
✔✔sea level standard conditions - ✔✔-standard air temperature 15 C (59 F)
-standard air pressure 29.92" Hg (inches of mercury) (1013 millibars)
-at standard conditions, density altitude = pressure altitude
✔✔absolute altitude - ✔✔height above ground level (AGL)
✔✔true altitude - ✔✔height above mean sea level
✔✔density altitude - ✔✔-how we measure the density of air
, -altitude relative to the standard atmospheric conditions at which the air density would
be = indicated air density at the place of observation
-high density altitude=thinner, less dense air (reduced aircraft performance)
-low density altitude=thicker, more dense air
-as density altitude increases, aircraft performance decreases
-hot day also leads to reduced performance
✔✔pressure altitude - ✔✔the altitude when the barometric pressure scale is set to
29.92" Hg; pressure altitude = density altitude during standard conditions
✔✔Higher Density Altitude Occurs at: - ✔✔-higher elevations
-lower atmospheric pressures
-higher temps
-higher humidity
✔✔Lower Density Altitude Occurs at: - ✔✔-lower elevations
-higher atmospheric pressures
-lower temps
-lower humidity
✔✔convective currents - ✔✔-small areas of local circulation created by uneven heating
of air
-cause bumpy, turbulent air experienced when flying at lower altitudes during warmer
weather
-On a low-altitude flight over different types of surfaces, updrafts are likely to occur over
areas like pavement or sand, and downdrafts often occur over water or expansive areas
of vegetation like a group of trees
✔✔sea breeze - ✔✔-convective currents over shores of large bodies of water during the
DAY
-land heats up faster than the water
-air over land becomes warmer and less dense
-air rises and is replaced by cooler, denser air flowing in from over the water
✔✔land breeze - ✔✔-convective currents over shores of large bodies of water during
the NIGHT
-opposite: land cools faster than water
-warmer air over water rises and is replaced by the cooler, denser air from the land
✔✔downdraft - ✔✔downward current/movement of air
✔✔kabatic wind - ✔✔-high speed, cold wind
-occur in places where a mass of cold air accumulates over a high plateau or valley
-stronger the wind, the greater the downward pressure
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Victor Airway - ✔✔-straight-line segment that's used to depict low-altitude civilian air
traffic
-on sectional chart: thick, faded blue lines that run btn either two VHF omnidirectional
range (VOR) stations, or a VOR and a VOR intersection
-identified by a number
-designated as Class E airspace
-vertically start at a base of 1,200 ft AGL and go up to 18,000 ft MSL
✔✔Chart Supplement U.S. - ✔✔-formerly Airport/Facility Directory
-provides the most comprehensive info on a given airport
-contains info on public: airports, heliports, and seaplane bases
✔✔airport runways - ✔✔-labeled 1-36; # corresponds to the runway's magnetic, or
compass, alignment (which direction the runway is facing)
-designed to take advantage of normal wind patterns
✔✔airport traffic pattern - ✔✔-left pattern
-all turns are made to the left unless otherwise specified
-ideal flight patter: aircraft take off and land into a headwind
-manned aircraft pilot should arrive at the proper traffic pattern altitude prior to entering
the traffic pattern
-recommended entry position to an airport traffic pattern is to enter 45° at the midpoint
of the downwind leg at traffic pattern altitude
✔✔Right of Way / See and Avoid rules - ✔✔-remain clear of and yield right-of-way to all
other aircraft and to other potential hazards
-aircraft in distress always has the right of way over all other air traffic
-if approaching a similar-sized fixed-wing unmanned aircraft, both alter courses to right
✔✔sea level standard conditions - ✔✔-standard air temperature 15 C (59 F)
-standard air pressure 29.92" Hg (inches of mercury) (1013 millibars)
-at standard conditions, density altitude = pressure altitude
✔✔absolute altitude - ✔✔height above ground level (AGL)
✔✔true altitude - ✔✔height above mean sea level
✔✔density altitude - ✔✔-how we measure the density of air
, -altitude relative to the standard atmospheric conditions at which the air density would
be = indicated air density at the place of observation
-high density altitude=thinner, less dense air (reduced aircraft performance)
-low density altitude=thicker, more dense air
-as density altitude increases, aircraft performance decreases
-hot day also leads to reduced performance
✔✔pressure altitude - ✔✔the altitude when the barometric pressure scale is set to
29.92" Hg; pressure altitude = density altitude during standard conditions
✔✔Higher Density Altitude Occurs at: - ✔✔-higher elevations
-lower atmospheric pressures
-higher temps
-higher humidity
✔✔Lower Density Altitude Occurs at: - ✔✔-lower elevations
-higher atmospheric pressures
-lower temps
-lower humidity
✔✔convective currents - ✔✔-small areas of local circulation created by uneven heating
of air
-cause bumpy, turbulent air experienced when flying at lower altitudes during warmer
weather
-On a low-altitude flight over different types of surfaces, updrafts are likely to occur over
areas like pavement or sand, and downdrafts often occur over water or expansive areas
of vegetation like a group of trees
✔✔sea breeze - ✔✔-convective currents over shores of large bodies of water during the
DAY
-land heats up faster than the water
-air over land becomes warmer and less dense
-air rises and is replaced by cooler, denser air flowing in from over the water
✔✔land breeze - ✔✔-convective currents over shores of large bodies of water during
the NIGHT
-opposite: land cools faster than water
-warmer air over water rises and is replaced by the cooler, denser air from the land
✔✔downdraft - ✔✔downward current/movement of air
✔✔kabatic wind - ✔✔-high speed, cold wind
-occur in places where a mass of cold air accumulates over a high plateau or valley
-stronger the wind, the greater the downward pressure
