Airman Certification Standards · FAA-S-ACS-25
85 Tasks across 14 Areas of Operation. Read Area by Area, with every Task cited.
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Each Area of Operation reads as one continuous document: its Tasks in the contents, each with its references, objective, and Knowledge, Risk Management, and Skills elements. Copy an exact citation from any Task, or open its page in the FAA PDF.
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Area I
6 Tasks: Effects of Human Behavior and Communication on the Learning Process, Learning Process, Course Development, Lesson Plans, and Classroom Training Techniques, and 3 more.
Area II
16 Tasks: Human Factors, Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance, Runway Incursion Avoidance, and 13 more.
Area III
3 Tasks: Pilot Qualifications, Airworthiness Requirements, Weather Information.
Area IV
1 Task: Maneuver Lesson.
Area V
6 Tasks: Preflight Assessment, Flight Deck Management, Engine Starting, and 3 more.
Area VI
2 Tasks: Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems, Traffic Patterns.
Area VII
15 Tasks: Normal Takeoff and Climb, Normal Approach and Landing, Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb (ASEL), and 12 more.
Area VIII
4 Tasks: Straight-and-Level Flight, Level Turns, Straight Climbs and Climbing Turns, and 1 more.
Area IX
6 Tasks: Steep Turns, Steep Spiral (ASEL, ASES), Chandelles (ASEL, ASES), and 3 more.
Area X
9 Tasks: Maneuvering During Slow Flight, Demonstration of Flight Characteristics at Various Configurations and Airspeeds (ASEL and ASES), Power-Off Stalls, and 6 more.
Area XI
5 Tasks: Straight-and-Level Flight, Constant Airspeed Climbs, Constant Airspeed Descents, and 2 more.
Area XII
7 Tasks: Emergency Descent, Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated) (ASEL, ASES), Systems and Equipment Malfunctions, and 4 more.
Area XIII
3 Tasks: Maneuvering with One Engine Inoperative (AMEL, AMES), VMC Demonstration (AMEL, AMES), Demonstration of Effects of Various Airspeeds and Configurations during Engine Inoperative Performance (AMEL and AMES).
Area XIV
2 Tasks: After Landing, Parking, and Securing (ASEL, AMEL), Seaplane Post-Landing Procedures (ASES, AMES).