Not affiliated with the FAA. Original questions based on 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26) and FAA handbooks (FAA-H-8083-25C, FAA-H-8083-3C).
FAA Sport Pilot airplane knowledge test: practice test with original questions
Practice for the FAA Sport Pilot (airplane) knowledge test with 83 original questions written from the current 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 and FAA handbooks. Mock tests follow the published rule: 40 questions, 28 correct to pass.
The FAA Sport Pilot airplane knowledge test has 40 questions, and you pass with 28 correct answers. These 83 practice questions were written from Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C) (2023) and checked against it on Oct 28, 2026.
83 questions · Modes: Study, Topic drill, Mock exam, Daily 5
Mock exam: 40 questions, pass at 28
About this test
Practice for the FAA Sport Pilot airplane knowledge test with original questions. Rules questions are written from the current text of 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 on eCFR; aerodynamics, systems, performance, weather, navigation and human factors questions are written from the FAA Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C) and Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3C). Every correct answer is backed by a passage of the source and checked by two independent verifiers.
- Study: every question with a short explanation.
- Topic drills: regulations and privileges, aerodynamics and aircraft systems, performance and maneuvers, weather, airspace and navigation, human factors and decision-making.
- Mock test: 40 questions, 28 correct (70%) to pass, as the FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26) states for test SPA.
The questions are written in our own words; this is not the FAA’s question bank. Chart, figure and computer questions that need images are not included.
Topics
- Additional airplane privilege · 1
- Advection fog formation · 1
- Adverse yaw · 1
- Aft center of gravity · 1
- Airplane flight time · 1
- Airplane stall speed limit · 1
- Alcohol effects · 1
- Alcohol time limit · 1
- Alert areas · 1
- Altimeter setting at altitude · 1
- Angle of attack · 1
- Autokinesis · 1
- Ballooning · 1
- Bernoulli principle · 1
- Cabin pressurization · 1
- Carbon monoxide · 1
- Carburetor heat use · 1
- Carburetor ice conditions · 1
- Certificate duration · 1
- Class B airspace · 1
- Class D airspace · 1
- Class G airspace · 1
- Class G traffic pattern turns · 1
- Cold front · 1
- Control tower airports · 1
- Coriolis force · 1
- Cross-control stall · 1
- Crosswind takeoff control · 1
- Dew point · 1
- Driver's license conditions · 1
- Dropping objects · 1
- Flight review content · 1
- Fog persistence · 1
- Forward slip · 1
- Hazardous attitudes · 1
- Head-on right-of-way · 1
- Headwind glide · 1
- Hyperventilation · 1
- IMSAFE · 1
- Induced drag · 1
- Inflight weather advisories · 1
- Isogonic lines · 1
- Knowledge test endorsement · 1
- Lean mixture detonation · 1
- Load factor · 1
- Magneto operation · 1
- Microburst · 1
- Minimum age · 1
- Navigation methods · 1
- Night adaptation · 1
- Night privileges training · 1
- Overshoot action · 1
- Overtaking rule · 1
- Parallels of latitude · 1
- Passenger currency · 1
- PAVE checklist · 1
- Pilot in command authority · 1
- Practical test timing · 1
- Primary flight controls · 1
- Relative humidity · 1
- Required aircraft documents · 1
- Restricted areas · 1
- Rods and night vision · 1
- Seating capacity · 1
- Sharing expenses · 1
- Simulator credit · 1
- Solo cross-country distance · 1
- Spatial disorientation · 1
- Special VFR minimums · 1
- Spin recovery timing · 1
- Sport pilot logbook · 1
- Stall and angle of attack · 1
- Stall at any speed · 1
- Takeoff velocity and distance · 1
- Taxiing in wind · 1
- Temperature inversion · 1
- Thunderstorm mature stage · 1
- Tower communications · 1
- Tower training landings · 1
- VFR cruising altitudes · 1
- Wake turbulence takeoff · 1
- Warm front · 1
- Wingtip vortices · 1
Sources and version
- Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C)Covers: 2023
- 14 CFR Part 61, Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26)Covers: eCFR current as of 2026-10-26
- 14 CFR Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26)Covers: eCFR current as of 2026-10-26
- Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3C)Covers: 2021
Covers: 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 as of 2026-10-26; PHAK FAA-H-8083-25C; AFH FAA-H-8083-3C · Verified current as of Oct 28, 2026
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How this page was made
Built from the sources listed above and reviewed before it was published. Where the source licence allows it the questions keep the source wording; otherwise they are original questions based on the source. Every answer shows its source. This is not legal, immigration, medical or financial advice.