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Free Pilot Study Resources for Student Pilots Home Study

Part Time Pilot is dedicated to making your journey to become a pilot as easy, convenient and inexpensive as possible. This is why we have created this page that lists Free Pilot Study Resources for pilots in a Home Study course or for pilots to aid in their ground school courses.

Free Pilot Study Resources around the Web

Part Time Pilot Free Resources

  • You can sign up and download the Part Time Pilot FREE Private Pilot Study Guide here
  • You can listen to Ground School for Private Pilot or IFR for FREE on the Audio Ground School Podcast
  • You can sign up for the Part Time Pilot FREE How to Become a Pilot & Save Money course here
  • You can get Aviation Medical Exam questions answered FREE from a trained ChatGPT chat trained on how Aviation Medical Examiners with the FAA operate here
  • You can download the FREE Part Time Pilot mobile app to use our E6B calculator and our Unlimited Private Pilot Practice Test generator here
  • You can follow part.time.pilot on Instagram to get free short videos, live Q&As and more here
  • You can subscribe to Part Time Pilot on YouTube to get a ton of FREE instructional ground school videos here

Airplane Flying Handbook

  • Maneuvers and procedures for all phases of flight training

Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

  • Ground school knowledge for Private Pilot and Commercial Pilot certificates

Basic Med

  • BasicMed is a new way to stay medically cleared as a pilot

Become a Pilot

  • FAA quick guide to becoming a pilot

FAA Safety

  • FAAs website (also known as WINGS) for all news, regulations and safety updates for pilots
  • Part Time Pilot gives WINGS credits. When you finish the ground school, simply tell us your WINGS email and we will apply the ground school credits to your account!

List of Handbooks and Manuals

  • FAAs list of handbooks and manuals

MedXpress

  • Place to go to complete an application for a medical exam and certificate

Medical Examiner Locations

  • Use this to find closest medical examiners near you

Aviation Weather

  • FAA Weather theory for pilots and flight operations personnel

Aeronautical Information Manual

  • AIM is the supplement to the FAR regulations and describes how to follow those regulations

Federal Aviation Regulations

  • Online version of the FARs

Weight and Balance Handbook

  • Weight and balance examples and information

Airmen Certification Standards (ACS)

  • A new version of the Practical Test Standards (PTS). This tells you everything you need to learn and know for your pilot rating and even tells you what and how the examiner will grade you on.

Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators

  • A deep dive and fantastic resource for the aeronautics of flying

Airport Facilities Directory

  • Online version of an AFD or chart supplement

VFR/IFR charts

  • Downloadable PDFs of all VFR/IFR charts

List of Trainings and Guides by the FAA

  • This is a list of all the available free trainings and information provided by the FAA

Airmen Knowledge Test Guide List

  • A lift of knowledge test guides

Airmen Knowledge Test Questions List

  • A list of example test questions

Advisory Circulars

  • Written by FAA to explain and update rules and regulations

Risk Management Handbook

  • Information and procedures on how to manage risk in an aircraft

Aviation Weather Services

  • Weather services available to pilots

Pilot Examiners

  • Search for FAA examiners and DPEs for your checkride

Online E6B Simulator

  • This is a super cool tool! All the functionality of the real thing and perfect for learning

VOR Simulator

  • Not just VORs, but all the classic instruments can be simulated on this website. I actually used this Free simulator to help me learn VORs

FAA Practice Tests

  • Take practice tests from the FAA itself! To take these, you’ll need to make an account here.

Find an FAA Knowledge Testing Center

  • Once you are ready to take your FAA Written knowledge exam you can find a testing center using this site

Listen to Live ATC

  • Listen to live ATC to practice your communications and radio abilities

Flight Sim Coaching

  • Prepare to be a good pilot and prepare for your training to go smoothly with Flight Sim Coaching! They even have some free live lessons for private pilot training as well. 

Find a Flight Instructor or Flight School

  • Skyfarer is a new website and tool to help you find and connect with flight instructors near you. It is a good idea to shop around to make sure you find the right instructor for you, it can really make a difference!

Know what to expect based off historical Weather Trends

  • Visual METARs is a super cool tool that takes all the historical METAR data for temperature, ceilings, visibility, winds, etc.. and plots it on easy to read visual charts so you can decide where to start your training, understand what runways to use and more!