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Part 107 regulations

Your certificate, altitude and speed limits, night flying, flying over people and reporting.
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Part 107 is the FAA rule for flying small unmanned aircraft: drones that weigh less than 55 pounds at takeoff, including anything on board or attached (14 CFR 107.3). Many questions test the exact numbers below, so it pays to know them by heart.

Your certificate

To act as remote pilot in command you need a Remote Pilot Certificate with a small UAS rating (14 CFR 107.12). To get one you must be at least 16 and able to read, speak, write and understand English (14 CFR 107.61). To keep flying, you must have passed the initial test or completed recurrent training within the previous 24 calendar months (14 CFR 107.65).

The operating limits

  • Groundspeed no more than 87 knots (100 miles per hour) (14 CFR 107.51).
  • No higher than 400 feet above ground level, unless you stay within 400 feet of a structure and no more than 400 feet above its top (14 CFR 107.51).
  • At least 3 statute miles of flight visibility from the control station (14 CFR 107.51).
  • At least 500 feet below clouds and 2,000 feet horizontally from them (14 CFR 107.51).
  • Keep the drone within visual line of sight, with no help except glasses or contact lenses (14 CFR 107.31), and fly only one drone at a time (14 CFR 107.35).
  • Give way to all other aircraft (14 CFR 107.37).

Night, people and reporting

You may fly at night if you passed the knowledge test or completed the FAA training required by 107.65 after April 6, 2021, and the drone has anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles. The same lighting is needed during civil twilight (14 CFR 107.29).

You may not fly over a person unless they are directly taking part in the operation, are under a covered structure or in a stationary vehicle, or the flight meets one of the operating categories in subpart D (14 CFR 107.39).

Within 10 calendar days you must report to the FAA any flight that causes serious injury, loss of consciousness, or more than $500 of damage to property other than the drone (14 CFR 107.9). In an emergency you may break any Part 107 rule as far as needed to deal with it, and must send a written report if the FAA asks (14 CFR 107.21).

The alcohol rule comes from Part 91: no flying within 8 hours of a drink, while under the influence, or with an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more (14 CFR 107.27) (14 CFR 91.17).

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Questions 1-10 of 103

  1. Question 1 of 103

    Part 107 forbids operating a small unmanned aircraft in a way that interferes with operations and traffic patterns at which places?

  2. Question 2 of 103

    Part 107 applies the alcohol rules of 14 CFR 91.17. What alcohol concentration in a blood or breath specimen bars you from acting as remote pilot in command?

  3. Question 3 of 103

    Under Part 107, how far must a small unmanned aircraft stay from clouds?

  4. Question 4 of 103

    To act as remote pilot in command, within what period must you have passed the initial knowledge test or completed recurrent training?

  5. Question 5 of 103

    You are flying in open farmland, far from any towers or buildings. What is the highest altitude Part 107 allows for your small unmanned aircraft?

  6. Question 6 of 103

    What is the maximum groundspeed allowed for a small unmanned aircraft under Part 107?

  7. Question 7 of 103

    What is the minimum flight visibility, observed from the control station, required for Part 107 operations?

  8. Question 8 of 103

    To fly at night under Part 107, what lighting must the small unmanned aircraft have?

  9. Question 9 of 103

    A crewed helicopter is approaching the area where you are flying your small unmanned aircraft. What does Part 107 require?

  10. Question 10 of 103

    Which of these lets a remote pilot meet the Part 107 visual line-of-sight requirement?

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