Covers UK AIP, ICAO Annexes, airspace classification, rules of the air.
Air Law is usually the first of the nine UK PPL theory exams, because almost every flying school wants it passed before your first solo. It is pure rules: altimeter settings, airspace, rules of the air, VFR minima, licences and emergency procedures. There is little to work out and a lot to remember exactly, which is why it rewards little and often rather than one long read.
You sit it on a computer at your flying school through the CAA's e-Exams system. There is no negative marking, so answer every question. If you fail, you get a Knowledge Deficiency Report showing the syllabus areas you missed.
Aviari's 12-week plan batches the nine exams into four sittings, so you only go to the exam centre four times. Air Law is in sitting 1: you get 12 days of study, then a full mock and time on your pain list (the questions you keep getting wrong), and you sit it together with Operational Procedures at the end of week 3.
The Aviari Air Law course covers all 14 chapters, with 280 practice questions, 280 flashcards, audio narration for every chapter and a full mock exam.
"Which of the following is NOT..." Read the question twice. Under time pressure it is easy to skip the word NOT and pick the first true statement.
Older books and notes still teach the quadrantal cruising rule, which was replaced by the semi-circular rule. Check the date on anything you revise from.
Learn them as situations, not definitions. QNH reads altitude above mean sea level, QFE reads height above the aerodrome, and 1013 hPa gives you a flight level.
Steady or flashing, red or green, on the ground or in the air. The combinations are easy to mix up, so this is one for flashcards.
These are real questions from the Aviari Air Law course. Pick your answer, then open the explanation.
B) 1,000 feet above the highest fixed object within 600 metres. Over a congested area the minimum is 1,000 ft above the highest fixed object within 600 m.
B) Each must turn right. Head-on, each aircraft turns right, so you both do the same thing and pass left side to left side.
C) Altitude above mean sea level. QNH is mean sea level pressure, so with QNH set the altimeter reads altitude above mean sea level.
B) A, C, D, E, G. The UK allocates Classes A, C, D and E in controlled airspace, plus G which is uncontrolled, but not Class B.
B) 1,500 m horizontally and 1,000 ft vertically. 1,500 m horizontally and 1,000 ft vertically.
C) A red parachute flare. A red parachute flare is a distress signal, along with S-O-S in Morse and a succession of single red pyrotechnics.
That's 6 of 280. The full course has every chapter, flashcards, audio and a timed mock.
Try Air Law free for 7 daysSixteen multiple-choice questions in 35 minutes. There is no negative marking, so answer every question.
75%, which means 12 out of 16. You can get four questions wrong and still pass.
On a computer at your flying school, through the CAA's e-Exams system. Your school books the exam for you once they are happy you are ready.
Almost every UK flying school requires it before your first solo. That is school policy rather than a CAA rule, but in practice it makes Air Law your first exam.
Four attempts per exam, and all nine exams must be passed within 18 months of the end of the month you first sat one. If you fail, you get a Knowledge Deficiency Report showing the syllabus areas you missed.
In the Aviari 12-week plan, Air Law gets twelve days of study, then a full mock and a day on your pain list, and you sit it alongside Operational Procedures at the end of week 3.
Most of the syllabus is shared, but some rules differ since the UK left EASA. Aviari covers both, and the course has a section on UK and EASA regulation.
Calibrated to the real exam format. Hundreds of multiple-choice questions with worked explanations.
Timed papers at full CAA difficulty. Same screen, same clock, same answer review you'll see on the day.
One-off payment, study at your own pace. No subscription, no auto-renewal.
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