Part 107 Study Guide
Regulations & Operating Rules
14 CFR Part 107 operating rules: Remote ID, Operations Over People categories, night operations, BVLOS waivers, registration, and certificate requirements.
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Under the 2021 rule update (and current through 2026), operations at night under Part 107:
14 CFR 107.29(a), as amended in January 2021 (Amdt. 107-8), allows night operations without a waiver when (1) the remote PIC has completed an initial knowledge test or training under 14 CFR 107.65 after April 6, 2021, and (2) the sUAS has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles with a flash rate sufficient to avoid a collision. Section 107.29 does not limit night operations to any class of airspace. AC 107-2A 5.7.2.
14 CFR 107.29
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Night needs no waiver, just two things: a test or training passed after April 6, 2021, and anti-collision lights visible 3 SM.
Under the Operations Over People rules, which category may NEVER be used for sustained flight over an open-air assembly of people?
Category 3 operations are prohibited over open-air assemblies (14 CFR 107.125(b)). Categories 1, 2 and 4 may conduct sustained flight over an open-air assembly only if the operation meets the Remote ID requirements of 14 CFR 89.110 or 89.115(a). Category 4 additionally requires an FAA airworthiness certificate (14 CFR 107.140).
14 CFR 107.125(b)
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Category 3 is crowd-shy: closed sites or brief passes over people are OK, but never an open-air assembly.
Remote ID under Part 107 requires:
Remote ID applies after September 16, 2023 (14 CFR 89.105), and the FAA's enforcement-discretion policy covered noncompliance only through March 16, 2024 (88 FR 63518). Part 107 operators comply in one of three ways: a Standard Remote ID drone (89.110), an FAA-accepted Remote ID broadcast module (89.115(a)), or flying without Remote ID equipment inside an FAA-recognized identification area (FRIA) (89.115(b)). Weight doesn't matter: a drone of 0.55 lb or less must still comply when flown under a part that requires registration, such as Part 107 (AC 107-2A 5.17.1). Remote ID is not limited to controlled airspace: 89.105 covers operation anywhere within the airspace of the United States. Standard Remote ID broadcasts the drone's ID, its location, altitude and velocity, and the control station's location and altitude (89.305).
14 CFR 89.105, 89.110, 89.115
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Remote ID is a digital license plate: built in, bolted on as a module, or left home only inside a FRIA.
A remote pilot's small UAS strikes a neighbor's parked car, worth about $20,000. The repair will cost $600. What is the reporting requirement?
14 CFR 107.9 requires the remote PIC to report to the FAA within 10 calendar days any operation involving serious injury, loss of consciousness, or damage to any property other than the sUAS itself, unless the cost of repair does not exceed $500 or, in the event of total loss, the property's fair market value does not exceed $500. AC 107-2A 4.4 puts it as 'greater than $500 to repair or replace the property (whichever is lower).' Here the repair is $600 and the car is worth far more, so the lower figure is $600 and the event must be reported.
14 CFR 107.9
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Over $500 to repair or replace (whichever is lower) any property except the drone itself: report within 10 days.
Who is directly responsible for the safe operation of a small UAS?
14 CFR 107.19(b): the remote PIC is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of the sUAS. A visual observer is designated by the remote PIC to assist with see-and-avoid (14 CFR 107.3), and a person manipulating the controls without a certificate may do so only under the remote PIC's direct supervision (14 CFR 107.12(a)(2)). Neither takes over the remote PIC's responsibility.
14 CFR 107.19
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Is Remote ID required for Part 107 operations? ▾
Yes. Since September 16, 2023 (FAA enforcement discretion ended March 16, 2024), drones registered or required to be registered must fly as Standard Remote ID or with a Remote ID broadcast module. Without Remote ID, you may fly only inside an FAA-Recognized Identification Area (FRIA), within visual line of sight, unless the FAA authorizes otherwise. See 14 CFR Part 89.
Can I fly a drone at night without a waiver? ▾
Yes. Since April 21, 2021, night operations are permitted under Part 107 without a waiver, provided the drone has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles and you passed an initial knowledge test or completed recurrent training under 107.65 after April 6, 2021. 14 CFR 107.29.
What are the Operations Over People categories under Part 107? ▾
Category 1: 0.55 lbs or less, no exposed rotating parts that could lacerate skin. Category 2: declared to meet the FAA injury-severity limit, no exposed rotating parts that could lacerate. Category 3: a higher injury limit; never over open-air assemblies, and over people only within a closed- or restricted-access site where everyone is on notice, or without sustained flight over anyone who is not participating or under cover. Category 4: an FAA airworthiness certificate. Sustained flight over open-air assemblies in Categories 1, 2 and 4 also requires Remote ID compliance. 14 CFR 107.110–107.140.