FAA Flight Instructor · FOI, FIA
The Complete Flight Instructor Study Guide
Both instructor writtens in full, the fundamentals of instructing and the airplane instructor standards, with the ground instructor tests covered alongside.
In preparation
The FAA’s own figures, not ours
The tests, as the FAA sets them
True today, whether or not our book is out yet.
| Code | Knowledge test | Questions | Time allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOI | Fundamentals of Instructing | 50 | 1.5 hours |
| FIA | Flight Instructor Airplane | 100 | 2.5 hours |
Changed October 26, 2026. From October 26, 2026, the FAA's Flight Instructor knowledge tests include questions with embedded images. What changed
The volumes planned
Working titles. Page counts and prices are not set yet, and we will not publish either until they are.
Online practice
Built on the Part 107 engine, written to this test:
- A written reason for every answer choice, not just the correct one
- Weighted to the current FAA test blueprint, so study time follows the points
- Practice exams, filtered study sessions and full timed exams
- A diagnostic that names the chapters and pages to reread
- Filter by knowledge area, chapter or only the questions you got wrong
Built to the same pattern as the Part 107 decks:
- Not just an answer: each card gives the reason behind it
- The FAA rule cited on the card, so you can check the original
- The exact volume, chapter and section to reread, with no hunting
- Spaced repetition: cards you miss come back soonest, ones you know come back least
- Card progress is kept separate from your exam scores, so drilling never dents a practice result
Where this series stands
The FAA gives this test today. Our book for it is not finished.
No date is set, and we would rather say so than invent one. Everything on this page about the test itself is true today. The Part 107 series is finished and goes on sale when checkout opens.
No date announced
- Working titles only, with no page count or price set
- The tests above run today, on exactly those terms
- When it is written we will say so here, and not before
- Our email list is not open yet, so there is nothing to join and we are not taking addresses.
Free while you wait
Already published for Flight Instructor, at no cost.
The books are still being written. These are not.
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The six fundamentals of instructing, what carries over from your pilot tests, and a plan.
- 01The six fundamentals of instructing in 14 CFR 61.185(a)(1), the only genuinely new material. Under 61.185(a)(2) and (a)(3) the FIA and FII tests draw on the private, commercial and instrument areas you have already studied.
- 02How the FAA knowledge test works: booking, ID, the time you get, the figure booklet and what the score report tells you.
- 03The order to sit them in, so one test's preparation carries into the next instead of going stale.
No cost, and no card. The kit is useful whether or not you buy the series.
Private Pilot opens when checkout does. The Part 107 series is finished and goes on sale when checkout opens.