Exam format

9 exams · pass mark 75%

• Air Law010about 20 questions · 40 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Aircraft General Knowledge020about 12 questions · 24 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Flight Performance and Planning030about 12 questions · 24 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Human Performance040about 12 questions · 24 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Meteorology050about 20 questions · 40 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Navigation060about 20 questions · 60 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Operational Procedures070about 12 questions · 24 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Principles of Flight080about 12 questions · 24 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

• Communications090about 12 questions · 24 min · 4 answer options per question
  Allowed materials

  Non-programmable calculator, mechanical flight computer, protractor, compasses or dividers, and a ruler. Your authority may set its own list. Source: EASA

You pass an exam with 75% or more. Source: EASA

Rules

• Pass all exams within 18 months, counted from the end of the month of your first attempt. Source: EASA
• At most 4 attempts per exam. Source: EASA
• Your passes count for 24 months for the licence, from the day you pass the last exam. Source: EASA
• After a fourth failed attempt at one paper, or when the 18 months run out, all passes lapse. You then need further training at a DTO or ATO before you take the full set again. Source: EASA
• Your school's recommendation for the exams is valid for 12 months. You take all papers with the same national authority. Source: EASA
• You take the exams with national aviation authority. Exam language: English.

Units and conventions

Altimeter setting

hPa

Visibility

metres and kilometres

Distance

nautical miles (NM)

Speed

knots (kt)

Altitude

feet (ft)

Mass

kilograms (kg)

Fuel

litres (L)

Phraseology

ICAO

Radio licence

separate exam