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FAA-G-8082-22

Remote Pilot - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Study Guide

Read all 88 pages of this official FAA handbook online, free, or download the PDF (6.4 MB).

The Remote Pilot Study Guide is the FAA's own study companion for the Part 107 test, a plain-language walk through everything the test covers before you sit it.

Publisher
FAA
Edition
August 2016 (original issue
Pages
88
Size
6.4 MB
Last verified
October 2026
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What this handbook covers

A section-by-section map of FAA-G-8082-22. Every topic below is something the exams built on this source can ask about, and on Aviator IQ each of those questions carries a verbatim quote from this document, so you can trace an answer straight back to the page it came from.

  1. 01RegulationsThe Part 107 rules on remote pilot eligibility, aircraft registration, and the operating limits for small unmanned aircraft.
  2. 02Airspace and requirementsThe class structure and where LAANC or an airspace authorization is required before you may fly.
  3. 03WeatherThe weather sources and products a remote pilot uses and how wind, density altitude, and visibility affect a small UAS.
  4. 04Loading and performanceWeight and balance for small unmanned aircraft and the effect of the environment on performance.
  5. 05OperationsCrew resource management, aeromedical factors, maintenance, and the night-operation rules.

Why Aviator IQ cites this source

Remote Pilot - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Study Guide is a US government public-domain document. Every Aviator IQ question that draws on it stores the exact sentence it tests and checks that quote against this edition (August 2016 (original issue, no change)), last verified October 2026. If the FAA reissues it, the citing questions are pulled for review before the new edition ships.