ACS Explorer
Explore the Airman Certification Standards by certificate, area, task, and element.
Private Pilot
- Preflight Preparation
- Preflight Procedures
- Airport and Seaplane Base Operations
- Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Performance Maneuvers and Ground Reference Maneuvers
- Navigation
- Slow Flight and Stalls
- Basic Instrument Maneuvers
- Emergency Operations
- Multiengine Operations
- Night Operations
- Postflight Procedures
Instrument Rating
- Preflight Preparation
- Preflight Procedures
- Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures
- Flight by Reference to Instruments
- Navigation Systems
- Instrument Approach Procedures
- Emergency Operations
- Postflight Procedures
Commercial Pilot
- Preflight Preparation
- Preflight Procedures
- Airport and Seaplane Base Operations
- Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Performance Maneuvers and Ground Reference Maneuvers
- Navigation
- Slow Flight and Stalls
- High-Altitude Operations
- Emergency Operations
- Multiengine Operations
- Postflight Procedures
Private Pilot — Helicopter
- Preflight Preparation
- Preflight Procedures
- Airport and Heliport Operations
- Hovering Maneuvers
- Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Performance Maneuvers
- Navigation
- Emergency Operations
- Night Operations
- Postflight Procedures
Commercial Pilot — Helicopter
- Preflight Preparation
- Preflight Procedures
- Airport and Heliport Operations
- Hovering Maneuvers
- Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Performance Maneuvers
- Navigation
- Emergency Operations
- Special Operations
- Postflight Procedures
Instrument Rating — Helicopter
- Preflight Preparation
- Preflight Procedures
- Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures
- Flight by Reference to Instruments
- Navigation Systems
- Instrument Approach Procedures
- Emergency Operations
- Postflight Procedures
Flight Instructor — Helicopter
- Technical Subject Areas
- Preflight Preparation
- Preflight Lesson on a Maneuver to be Performed in Flight
- Preflight Procedures
- Airport and Heliport Operations
- Hovering Maneuvers
- Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Fundamentals of Flight
- Performance Maneuvers
- Emergency Operations
- Special Operations
- Postflight Procedures