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Part 107 practice questions: Airspace and requirements

Airspace and requirements is about 20 percent of the Part 107 test. Five questions on the airspace classes, when you need authorization, and reading a chart. Each question below is from VLOSready's bank: checked against its FAA source, reviewed a second time, and solved blind against the answer key.

Updated . Checked against the sources linked on this page.

  1. 1. Class D airspace generally extends from the surface to:

    1. 2,500 feet above the airport elevation
    2. 4,000 feet above the airport elevation
    3. 1,200 feet AGL
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    A. 2,500 feet above the airport elevation

    Class D airspace is generally that airspace from the surface to 2,500 feet above the airport elevation surrounding airports with an operational control tower.

    Source: AIM 3-2-5 — Class D airspace

  2. 2. Which airspace class requires no ATC authorization for a Part 107 flight?

    1. Class G
    2. Class D
    3. The surface area of Class E designated for an airport
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    A. Class G

    Section 107.41 requires prior authorization for Class B, C and D and for the lateral boundaries of a Class E surface area designated for an airport. Class G and Class E away from those surface areas need none.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.41 — Operation in certain airspace

  3. 3. A remote pilot wants to fly at 300 feet AGL in Class E airspace that begins at 700 feet AGL near an airport with no surface area. Authorization is:

    1. Not required; it is Class G there
    2. Required through LAANC for Class E
    3. Required from the airport manager
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    A. Not required; it is Class G there

    Below a 700-foot Class E floor the airspace is Class G. Section 107.41 attaches authorization to Class B, C, D and Class E surface areas, none of which applies here.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.41 — Operation in certain airspace

  4. 4. A sectional chart shows a tower with the figures 1049 and (349). The tower's top is:

    1. 1,049 feet MSL, 349 feet above ground
    2. 349 feet MSL, 1,049 feet above ground
    3. 1,049 feet above ground
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    A. 1,049 feet MSL, 349 feet above ground

    Obstacle heights print the elevation of the top MSL, with the height above ground in parentheses. The AGL figure is the one that matters against the 400-foot limit.

    Source: Chart Users' Guide: Obstacles and MEF (maximum elevation figure)

  5. 5. A remote pilot receives a LAANC authorization for a grid cell with a ceiling of 100 feet. The pilot may fly:

    1. Up to 100 feet AGL within that cell
    2. Up to 400 feet AGL within that cell
    3. Up to 100 feet above any structure in the cell
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    A. Up to 100 feet AGL within that cell

    The authorization under 107.41 grants access to the controlled airspace up to the stated ceiling; every other limit in Part 107 still applies. The 107.51 structure exception does not raise an authorization ceiling.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.41 — Operation in certain airspace

These are 5 of the practice questions in VLOSready. The full course draws practice exams at the test's real weighting and scores them by content area.

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