EASA PPL (A) · Theoretical exam
PPL theory,
fifteen minutes a day.
Nine subjects, one daily session. You open the app and it is already built: your cards due, the question you got wrong, the next lesson. There is nothing for you to plan.
Demo mode, no sign-up · Preparation for the official exam, not a certifying body
1 · Card due today
NOTAM — definition
The session above is real: content, marking and debrief all come straight from the platform.
The exam you are preparing
The PPL (A) theory exam, as it really works
One multiple-choice paper per subject, sat with your national aviation authority, each subject passed independently. It is not the difficulty that makes people fail — it is the duration, and what got forgotten along the way.
9
EASA subjects
From air law (010) to principles of flight (081): the PPL (A) theoretical exam covers nine subjects, and every one of them is examined.
75%
to pass
Each subject is passed independently, at 75% correct answers. A failed subject is resat on its own — hence the value of knowing which ones hold.
18 months
to sit them all
The clock starts at your first attempt. Long on paper, short once you revise for three weeks and then drop off.
125 h
of material here
Spread over 11 modules and 70 ten-minute lessons, in the order you learn them.
Flying Cockpit is neither an ATO, nor a DTO, nor an examination centre. We award no qualification: the exam is sat with your national aviation authority, and it is your flying club that registers you for it.
Where we stand
The theory exam isn't hard. It's long.
Nobody fails the PPL because a concept was out of reach. People fail because they stop in week three, or because by module six they no longer remember module one.
- 01
Today's session is already built
You open the app and it's all there: the cards due today, the questions you got wrong last time, the next lesson. Nothing to choose, nothing to plan — that is what keeps you going on day thirty, once the first evening's motivation has faded.
- 02
From quiz to in-flight decision
A quiz checks that you know. A scenario checks that you decide. 20 branching situations — weather closing in, a passenger pushing you, an engine failure on take-off — where you choose, you see the consequence, and the debrief names the bias that made you choose.
- 03
Module one's air law is still there three months later
Every concept comes back just before you would have forgotten it, and the interval stretches as it sticks. That is why the course's 471 cards never become a pile to get through in the week before the exam.
From the ground to the cockpit
What a quiz will never ask you
Knowing that a low ceiling means turning back is not the same as turning back when you are twenty minutes from home with a passenger on board. Try this briefing: the consequence of your choice is immediate.
Briefing
- Context
- VFR flight Toulouse → Carcassonne (90 NM). Departure in CAVOK conditions. En route, you notice the visibility ahead of you deteriorating steadily.
- Position
- Overhead Castelnaudary, 45 NM from destination, 45 NM from departure.
- Weather
- Current visibility: 8 km. Ahead of you: mist reported at 3 km, ceiling 600 ft. Carcassonne METAR: BKN008, VIS 2000 m.
- Fuel
- 2 h 30 of endurance remaining. Distance: 45 NM (≈ 30 min of flight).
You are halfway there. The weather at destination is dropping below VFR minima. Turning back adds 45 minutes to the flight. Your passenger is pressing you to arrive. What do you decide?
Choose — no answer is neutral, each one has a consequence.
Mock exams
232 questions in the exam format
Drawn according to the official distribution by subject, timed, marked question by question. Three of them below — answer, and we'll tell you why.
PPL (A)Air law
What is the minimum flight altitude over a congested area?
Pick an answer — the explanation appears straight away.
The PPL (A) syllabus
11 modules, 70 lessons
Around 125 hours of study covering the nine subjects of the EASA theoretical exam. The official subject code is shown alongside.
- 01
Air law(010)
Airspace, licences, rules of the air
7 lessons · 12h
- 02
Principles of flight(081)
Forces of flight, lift, stalling, stability
9 lessons · 16h
- 03
Aircraft general knowledge(021)
Systems, engine, instruments, fuel
6 lessons · 10h
- 04
Performance(032)
Mass, balance, take-off, climb, cruise, flight planning
5 lessons · 9h
- 05
Meteorology(050)
METAR, TAF, clouds, icing, thunderstorms
8 lessons · 18h
- 06
Navigation(061)
Heading, nav log, VOR, GPS, lost procedure
7 lessons · 20h
- 07
Radio communications(090)
ICAO phraseology, emergencies, transponder
5 lessons · 8h
- 08
Human performance(040)
Cognitive biases, illusions, IMSAFE, CRM
8 lessons · 10h
- 09
Operational procedures
Checklists, departure, arrival, emergencies
5 lessons · 8h
- 10
Flight preparation
Weather briefing, nav log, flight plan
5 lessons · 6h
- 11
Emergency management
Engine failure, fire, inadvertent IMC
5 lessons · 8h
What people ask us
PPL theory, in questions
The questions we get asked most about preparing the EASA PPL (A).
Can I prepare the PPL theory exam as a self-study candidate?
Yes, and a good share of our users do. The platform covers the syllabus of all nine subjects, but it is your flying club — ATO or DTO — that registers you for the exam with the authority. We replace neither that registration nor your instructor.
How long does it take to prepare the PPL theory exam?
The course represents around 125 hours of study across 11 modules. With a daily fifteen-minute session complemented by longer weekend sittings, most students aim for three to six months. The study plan spreads the modules out from your exam date.
How is this different from a PPL question bank?
A question bank lets you choose what to revise — which in practice means revising what you already know. Here, the session is built from what is due, what you got wrong and where you are in the syllabus. On top of that come the decision scenarios, which have no equivalent in a quiz.
Are these the actual exam questions?
No, and nobody serious can claim otherwise: the official bank is not public. Our questions are written in the format of the paper and grounded in the texts in force — EASA regulations, AIP, national AIS publications — and mock exams are drawn according to the official distribution by subject.
Is the content up to date with current regulations?
Lessons link to their sources — EASA text, AIP section, AIS publication — so you can check for yourself. Links to the eAIP follow the current AIRAC cycle. The official documentation remains the reference in case of discrepancy.
What if I am also preparing the French BIA?
Both courses are open on the same account, and a lesson links to its counterpart in the other: the BIA explains the concept, the PPL makes it operational. The BIA pages are in French, as the certificate itself is.
Boarding
Your first session starts now
Fifteen minutes today, fifteen minutes tomorrow. That is how the theory exam gets passed.