Operations: FAA Part 107 topic guide
Operations carries 38% of the FAA Part 107 blueprint used in this course, the largest of its 5 weighted areas. It spans 9 concepts. The course teaches it in 2 study units: Operations — Flight Limits and Operations — VLOS, Safety & ADM.
These percentages are this course's practice emphasis, not an official question distribution.
What Operations covers
- 400 ft AGL Altitude Limit & Structure Exception — 14 CFR 107.51
- Maximum Groundspeed 87 Knots — 14 CFR 107.51
- Minimum Visibility 3 Statute Miles — 14 CFR 107.51
- Cloud Clearance 500 ft Below / 2,000 ft Horizontal — 14 CFR 107.51
- Visual Line of Sight Requirement — 14 CFR 107.31
- One RPIC Per Aircraft — 14 CFR 107.35
- Operations Over People — Category 1-4 Framework — 14 CFR 107.100-107.145
- Safety Prohibitions — 14 CFR 107.23, 107.25, 107.36
- Aeronautical Decision-Making & Hazardous Attitudes — FAA-G-8082-22
Common mistakes in Operations
- Thinking 400 ft AGL is absolute even next to a tall structure
- Believing operations are daylight-only (night is allowed with anti-collision lighting)
- Operating two drones at once under one RPIC
- Flying over people without meeting an operational category
Key terms for Operations
RPIC · VLOS · sUAS · civil twilight
How Operations connects to other areas
- 400 ft AGL Altitude Limit & Structure Exception links to Airspace Authorization — Airspace & Sectional Charts
- 400 ft AGL Altitude Limit & Structure Exception links to AGL vs MSL Conversion — Airspace & Sectional Charts
- 400 ft AGL Altitude Limit & Structure Exception links to Waivers — Certificate of Waiver via FAA DroneZone — Regulations
- Visual Line of Sight Requirement links to Waivers — Certificate of Waiver via FAA DroneZone — Regulations
- Night Operations & Anti-Collision Lighting links to Waivers — Certificate of Waiver via FAA DroneZone — Regulations
- Operations Over People — Category 1-4 Framework links to Waivers — Certificate of Waiver via FAA DroneZone — Regulations
Official references for Operations
- 14 CFR 107.51
- 14 CFR 107.31
- 14 CFR 107.35
- 14 CFR 107.100-107.145
- 14 CFR 107.23, 107.25, 107.36
- FAA-G-8082-22
- 14 CFR 107.29
- 14 CFR 107.27
In the app this area comes with 11 memory cards and 28 module-quiz questions in the full course.