The Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards is to be used by the pilot and examiner in conducting a Sport Pilot checkride. Both the examiner and the pilot should completely understand the Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards. This guide indicates exactly what should be evaluated during the checkride.

Current as of September 2019. Official FAA publication. The Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airplane, Gyroplane, Glider, and Flight Instructor has been published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the standards for the knowledge and skills necessary for the issuance of a Sport Pilot Certificate and a Flight Instructor Certificate with a Sport Pilot rating. FAA inspectors, designated pilot examiners, and flight instructors must conduct instruction, proficiency checks, and practical tests in compliance with these standards. Flight instructors and applicants should find these standards helpful during training and when preparing for the practical test or proficiency check.

Current as of September 2019. Official FAA publication. The Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airplane, Gyroplane, Glider, and Flight Instructor has been published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the standards for the knowledge and skills necessary for the issuance of a Sport Pilot Certificate and a Flight Instructor Certificate with a Sport Pilot rating. FAA inspectors, designated pilot examiners, and flight instructors must conduct instruction, proficiency checks, and practical tests in compliance with these standards. Flight instructors and applicants should find these standards helpful during training and when preparing for the practical test or proficiency check.

Sport Aviation Publications reprints the most current FAA Practical Test Standards in this series of cockpit-sized guides. This is the Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airplane, Gyroplane, Glider, and Flight Instructor (FAA-S-8081-29). This guide is the one used for the Sport Pilot Flight Instructor check-ride for CFI-S, subpart K. The FAA Practical Test Standards are used by instructors, students, and examiners to prepare for, review, take, or issue the check-ride. Each PTS is written by the FAA and details the type and levels of skill and knowledge that must be demonstrated before an examiner can issue a certificate or rating to an applicant, and describes background study and reference materials.

This manual covers the oral and practical exams required for pilots of light-sport aircraft (LSA), other ultra light vehicles, and flight instructors of these vehicles, in accordance with the new Sport Pilot License recently mandated by the FAA. Detailed and up-to-date information is provided for both knowledge requirements such as physiological conditions (dehydration, spatial disorientation, and hypoxia), flight planning exercises, and skill requirements for takeoff and landing, bank angles, and airspeed. The tolerances for altitudes, airspeeds, headings, and banks that must be maintained to demonstrate each maneuver successfully are also defined.

This is the official FAA Sport Pilot - Airship, Balloon, Flight Instructor: Practical Test Standards FAA-S-8081-30 (Changes 1, 2, 3, 4). Effective as of 2014, current in 2021. The Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airship, Balloon, and Flight Instructor has been published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the standards for the knowledge and skills necessary for the issuance of a Sport Pilot Certificate. FAA inspectors and designated pilot examiners shall conduct practical tests in compliance with these standards. Flight Instructors and Commercial Lighter-Than-Air pilots shall conduct instruction and proficiency checks in accordance with these standards. Flight instructors and applicants should find these standards helpful during training and when preparing for the practical test or proficiency check.