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FAA Airman Certification Standards

Train to the standard your examiner uses.

StudentPilotPro turns the ACS into a working syllabus. Rate yourself on every element, log the hours that count, and know — not hope — that you're ready for the checkride.

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Free to start — full PPL & IR unlocks when you’re ready. No card to sign up.

Private Pilot/I. Preflight Preparation
3 / 5 ready
PA.I.C
Weather Information
  • PA.I.C.K1Sources of weather data for flight planning purposes.Nailed it
  • PA.I.C.K2Acceptable weather products and resources required for preflight planning.Nailed it
  • PA.I.C.K3Meteorology applicable to departure, en route, alternate and destination.Solid
  • PA.I.C.R1Making the go/no-go and continue/divert decisions.Shaky
  • PA.I.C.S1Use available aviation weather resources to obtain an adequate briefing.Not rated
Oral question“What is a TAF and for what time period is it valid?”
ACS elements
412 / 679
Endorsements
5 / 7
Checklist
61 / 83
PPL ACS elements tracked
679
PPL ACS elements tracked
Certificates, Student through CFII
6
Certificates, Student through CFII
Knowledge, risk and skill, rated separately
K · R · S
Knowledge, risk and skill, rated separately
Core ACS tracking and selected areas
Free
Core ACS tracking and selected areas

Checkride

ACS checkride prep, including the private pilot oral.

Examiners test the Airman Certification Standards. Rate Knowledge, Risk Management, and Skill on each element, then drill oral questions with worked answers — the same path you use for the private pilot oral. Selected areas stay free. The full banks are one-time unlocks.

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Private Pilot
$39
Full PPL bank
Instrument
$39
Full IR bank
Both
$69
PPL + IR

The product

Everything between first lesson and checkride, in one place.

01Study

Work the ACS one element at a time.

Rate Knowledge, Risk Management, and Skill on the ACS. Core tracking and selected areas are free; full course and oral packs are one-time unlocks.

  • Confidence rating on every ACS element
  • Oral exam drills that resurface misses
  • DPE Q&A with worked answers
  • Quick reference and METAR decoder
02Track

See every gap the examiner will find.

Progress rolls up from element to task to area, so weak spots surface long before the oral does.

  • Progress by area of operation
  • Endorsement tracker with regulation refs
  • Knowledge test misses mapped to ACS codes
  • Instructor sharing and assignments
03Prepare

Walk into the checkride with nothing left open.

One readiness report pulls together ACS gaps, endorsements and paperwork — then prints as a packet for your DPE.

  • Checkride readiness report
  • Test-day document checklist
  • Printable DPE packet
  • Checkride date with weekly pacing

Certificates

One account from solo to instructor.

Your progress carries forward. Start the instrument rating while you finish your private, and everything you've logged comes with you.

“Full ACS” is the whole bank. Selected Private Pilot and Instrument areas are free to track; the rest of those banks is a one-time unlock. Commercial, CFI, and CFII are previews. See pricing

CertificateElementsStatus
Student Pilot
—Foundations
Private Pilot
679Full ACS
Instrument Rating
255Full ACS
Commercial Pilot
48Preview
Flight Instructor
53Preview
Instrument Flight Instructor
27Preview

Your checkride has a date. Your prep should too.

Free to start — full PPL & IR unlocks when you’re ready. No card to sign up.

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