FAA Publications

ASA Flight Instructor Airplane ACS

Effective Date: May 31, 2024 This Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Instructor Airplane Airman Certification Standards (ACS-25) supersedes the Practical Test Standars (8081-6DS and 8081-6DM), and is the guide for students, instructors, and...

ASA 2024 FAR-FC

ASA’s FAR/AIM Series books have been the standard regulatory reference of the industry since 1940. ASA consolidates the FAA regulations and procedures into easy-to-use reference books of information pertinent to pilots, flight crew, and aviation...

2023 ASA FAR/AIM

ASA has built a reputation for providing the aviation community with the most accurate and reliable FAR/AIM products available. The 2023 FAR/AIM book contains complete and up-to-date information from Titles 14 and 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations...

ASA Airplane Flying Handbook - 3C (Softcover)

The FAA’s Airplane Flying Handbook has been required reading for all pilots for over 40 years, and introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting airplanes. It benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation...

ASA Oral Exam Guide: Commercial - Tenth Edition (Softcover)

ASA’s Oral Exam Guide Series is an excellent study tool for students and instructors alike. Arranged in a question-and-answer format, this comprehensive guide lists the questions most likely to be asked by examiners and provides succinct, ready responses...

Airman Certification Standards: Remote Pilot

This ACS became effective April 6, 2021. The ACS integrates the elements of knowledge and risk management in 14 CFR part 107 for a Remote Pilot Certificate with an sUAS rating. It forms the comprehensive standard for what an applicant must know and...

ASA Oral Exam Guide: Instrument Pilot - 10th Edition

The new tenth edition of the Instrument Pilot Oral Exam Guide has been updated throughout to reflect current regulations, procedures, FAA references and checkride practices including scenario-based testing. New questions have been added covering new...

Instrument Rating Checkride Reviewer- Darren Smith

220 page review package designed to help you to get through the Instrument Checkride. It includes the Visi-Hold™ Holding Pattern Template Guide (M DRN 020) as a bonus. This package can be used as a self-study guide or by flight instructors to...

ASA Plane Sense

Published by the FAA and recently updated, Plane Sense (ASA-8083-19A) supersedes (ASA-8083-19) and replaces (ASA-8083-19A-PDF). This handbook introduces aircraft owners and operators, or prospective aircraft owners and operators, to basic information...

ASA Airman Certification Standards: Remote Pilot

The Remote Pilot—Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Airman Certification Standard (ACS) document communicates the aeronautical knowledge standards for a Remote Pilot Certificate with an sUAS rating. The ACS integrates the elements of knowledge and...

ASA Airman Certification Standards: Private Pilot Airplane

Effective Date: June 28, 2019 The Airman Certification Standards is the guide for students, instructors, and FAA-designated examiners to know what applicants must know, do, and consider for their FAA Knowledge Exam and practical (checkride) to...

Oral Exam Guide - Helicopter

Updated to reflect the latest regulations and procedures, this invaluable resource serves as a supplement to ASA’s Oral Exam Guide Series. When used with the corresponding oral exam guide, this book prepares students for the oral portion of their...

Instrument Procedures Handbook

The Instrument Procedures Handbook is a technical reference manual for professional pilots who operate under instrument flight rules (IFR). It provides real-world guidance on how instrument-rated pilots can best use the system they've trained for, as...

ASA Oral Exam Guide: Multi-Engine

Written to help prepare applicants for their oral exams with FAA examiners. Using a question-and-answer format, each Oral Exam Guide lists the questions most likely to be asked by examiners and provides succinct, ready responses. This guide features an...

Oral Exam Guide - Certified Flight Instructor

Updated to reflect the latest regulations and procedures, the Flight Instructor Oral Exam Guide by Michael D. Hayes was written to help prepare applicants for their oral exam with FAA examiners. Using a question-and-answer format, this guide lists the...

Oral Exam Guide: Commercial

The ninth edition of the Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Guide by Michael D. Hayes will help prepare applicants for their commercial oral exam and checkride with FAA examiners. This edition has been updated to reflect the Airman Certification Standards and...

ASA Airman Certification Standards: Commercial Pilot Airplane

The Airman Certification Standards is the guide for students, instructors, and FAA-designated examiners to know what applicants must know, do, and consider for their FAA Knowledge Exam and practical (checkride) to earn their pilot certificate or...

Instrument Flying Handbook (E-Bundle)

FAA-H-8083-15B reprint. Primary reference text for the Instrument Rating FAA Knowledge ExamThis money-saving eBundle includes both the Instrument Flying Handbook softcover Book and ASA eBook PDF.This is the FAA's primary pilot resource for instrument...

Seaplane, Skiplane, and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Handbook

This operational handbook introduces the basic skills necessary for piloting seaplanes, skiplanes, and helicopters equipped with floats or skis. It is primarily intended to assist pilots who already hold private or commercial certificates and who are...

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

Providing basic knowledge essential for all pilots, from beginning students through to the more advanced certificates, this Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publication introduces readers to the broad spectrum of knowledge required as they progress...

Advanced Avionics Handbook FAA-H-8083-6

Tools to Help Pilots Master Today’s Sophisticated Cockpits. This new FAA handbook (FAA-H-8083-6, Effective 2009) provides general aviation users with comprehensive information on the advanced avionics equipment available in technically advanced aircraft...