Study for your European A2 drone exam or STS-01 and STS-02 theory exam with English lessons, practice questions and timed mock exams. Study access only; official exams, certificates and practical training are separate.
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Study for your European A2 drone exam or STS-01 and STS-02 theory exam with English lessons, practice questions and timed mock exams. Study access only; official exams, certificates and practical training are separate.
Across meteorology, drone flight performance and ground risk: the three subjects of the A2 exam.
Each with an explanation and its official source.
Answers save automatically. Results after submission.
Separate from the practice questions.
Start with the flight you want to make. The drone, its distance from people and how you will operate it determine the requirements.
The A2 certificate is for flying a class C2 drone in the A2 part of the open category. You must keep the required distance from uninvolved people and must not fly over them.
You complete A1/A3, carry out practical self-training, declare that you have done it, then pass the additional theory exam.
Explore the A2 exam route →A European standard scenario describes a specific-category operation with defined safety requirements. STS-01 uses a class C5 drone in sight; STS-02 uses a class C6 drone and can allow flight beyond sight.
You need the STS theory certificate and practical accreditation for the scenario. The operator also needs to complete the declaration process and meet all the scenario’s conditions.
Explore the STS exam route →Not every drone flight needs A2 or STS. Check whether your operation fits another open-category route first. STS is also one of several routes in the specific category.
Read the European rules ↗Choose a country to see the exam route, requirements and official booking links.
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English availability differs between A2 and STS. A country suggestion does not establish that you are eligible to take its exam. Check residency, identification and prior qualification requirements with the examining body.
The IAA publishes the assessment instructions in English. Confirm the exam language when booking. Online, with webcam recording reviewed afterwards. This is not a live video call with an examiner. Use the IAA’s MySRS process. You need suitable equipment, identification and a quiet room.
Irish Aviation Authority: A2 guidance ↗The IAA publishes the assessment instructions in English. Confirm the exam language when booking. Online, recorded and reviewed afterwards. The published STS paper has 40 questions. Follow the IAA’s MySRS assessment instructions. Arrange practical training separately.
Irish Aviation Authority: STS guidance ↗Confirm English availability with ANAC. We have not verified a current promise of bilingual questions. The official A2 examination takes place in person at ANAC. Start with ANAC’s drone training portal. Applicants from abroad should check its account and access requirements.
ANAC: A2 guidance ↗Confirm English availability and the language of your chosen session with ANAC. Check ANAC’s current STS examination arrangements before making travel plans. Ask ANAC about the theory examination and a suitable practical training provider.
ANAC: STS guidance ↗English, German, French and Italian. In person. FOCA lists examination locations in Ittigen, Illnau and Lausanne. Use FOCA’s remote pilot guidance to arrange your examination.
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA): A2 guidance ↗English, German, French and Italian. In person. FOCA provides the STS theory examination; practical training is separate. Follow FOCA’s STS process and check the available examination dates.
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA): STS guidance ↗FOCA offers its A2 examination in English, German, French and Italian. Use the Swiss examination route. This does not mean that there is an exam centre in Liechtenstein. Read the Liechtenstein authority’s guidance, then arrange the examination with FOCA.
Swiss FOCA examination route: A2 guidance ↗FOCA offers its STS examination in English, German, French and Italian. Use the Swiss theory examination route and arrange the practical requirement separately. Check the FOCA STS booking process and your applicant requirements.
Swiss FOCA examination route: STS guidance ↗English, French, German and Luxembourgish. In person at the DAC. Complete A1/A3 and practical self-training first. Follow the DAC’s training and examination instructions to request a session.
Direction de l’aviation civile (DAC): A2 guidance ↗English or French. In person at the DAC. A shorter theory paper is available for A2 certificate holders. Use the DAC’s STS examination instructions. Practical training is a separate requirement.
Direction de l’aviation civile (DAC): STS guidance ↗English or Norwegian (Bokmål). In person at a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office. Book the drone theory test through Statens vegvesen and check identification requirements.
Civil Aviation Authority / Statens vegvesen: A2 guidance ↗The test service lists English and Norwegian for drone exams. Confirm English for your selected STS paper. In person at a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office. There are full and A2-holder STS papers. Check the CAA’s STS instructions and select the correct test when booking.
Civil Aviation Authority / Statens vegvesen: STS guidance ↗English or Latvian. Arrange the theoretical knowledge examination through the Latvian CAA. Read the CAA’s A2 instructions and use its electronic services to apply.
Civil Aviation Agency (CAA): A2 guidance ↗English or Latvian. Arrange the STS theory examination through the CAA. Practical training is separate. The CAA specifies a Latvian remote pilot number and valid A1/A3 qualification. Check these before applying.
Civil Aviation Agency (CAA): STS guidance ↗The DGAC’s A2 route is in French. An English A2 examination is not confirmed here. France calls its A2 qualification the BAPD. Follow the national process. If you need an English exam, consider another country’s route and confirm that you are eligible.
Direction générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC): A2 guidance ↗English or French for the CATS theory examination. In person at a listed examination centre. Online booking does not mean an online examination. Register through OCEANE, select the appropriate CATS session and arrange practical training separately.
Direction générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC): STS guidance ↗English-language guidance is available, but it does not by itself confirm the examination language. Confirm the current examination format and dates with Transport Malta. Ask about English, applicant eligibility and the booking process before paying for travel.
Transport Malta: A2 guidance ↗English availability has not yet been verified. Confirm the current STS theory examination and practical training routes. Contact Transport Malta using its unmanned aircraft guidance.
Transport Malta: STS guidance ↗Confirm English for your chosen examination. An English information page does not confirm the test language. A supervised classroom examination through the national A2 process. Follow Traficom’s list of examination arrangements and check language before booking.
Traficom: A2 guidance ↗English availability has not yet been verified. Confirm the designated STS examiner and current delivery method with Traficom. Use Traficom’s unmanned aviation guidance to check the theory and practical routes.
Traficom: STS guidance ↗English availability has not yet been verified for the A2 paper. The authority publishes A2 examination arrangements and dates. Check the A2 session specifically; language information for other aviation exams may not apply.
Icelandic Transport Authority: A2 guidance ↗English availability has not yet been verified. Ask the authority to confirm its STS theory examination route. Confirm both theory and practical arrangements before choosing this route.
Icelandic Transport Authority: STS guidance ↗English depends on the provider and the examination you book. Choose an approved provider; examination format and supervision vary. Use the government’s provider list, then ask the provider to confirm English and whether the official exam is included.
Government-listed training and exam providers: A2 guidance ↗Confirm English directly with the designated STS examination provider. Theory examination and practical training arrangements depend on the provider. Check that the provider covers EU STS and the scenario you intend to fly.
Government-listed training and exam providers: STS guidance ↗English is provider-dependent. Ask the examination centre to confirm that it is authorised to examine you in English. Use an examination body designated by the LBA. Check the LBA’s current provider information and contact the centre about format, language and eligibility.
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA): A2 guidance ↗Confirm an authorised English STS examination with the provider. Use an appropriate designated examination body and arrange practical training separately. Confirm that the centre offers the EU STS paper you need.
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA): STS guidance ↗English depends on the school. Confirm the exam language, not just the language of its course. Designated providers can offer examinations online or in person. Choose a provider from the ULC list and check English, supervision and applicant requirements.
Civil Aviation Authority (ULC): A2 guidance ↗English availability has not yet been verified for an individual STS provider. Check the ULC’s designated operators and recognised entities. Confirm EU STS theory examination and scenario-specific practical training with the provider.
Civil Aviation Authority (ULC): STS guidance ↗Sources checked 10 October 2026.
Guided lessons with interactive 3D models, photographs and exercises. Each lesson ends with questions to check the concept.
Choose a topic, or review questions that are due. An explanation and its official source appear after each answer.
Timed papers of 30 questions in 60 minutes, with a pass mark of 75%. Results and explanations appear after you submit.
Actual course lesson · 3D teaching modelExample lessons. Each one is built around a large visual: a 3D model of the situation, a photograph or an exercise you can change.
Measure from the point below the drone to the nearest uninvolved person.
Follow the wind through gaps, over roofs and round corners.
Follow the updraft, the downdraft and the gust front through each stage.
Slide a payload along the drone and see where the balance point moves.
Study the European syllabus in English, with explanations you can see and questions that help you apply them.
Explore interactive models and guided explanations, with each step focused on one idea.
Explore example lessons →Work through topics in Practice. Review explanations and their official sources in the Question Bank.
See the study tools →Use timed mocks to check your preparation, then ask the AI tutor to explain a point in more detail.
Meet the study tutor →When a lesson or question leaves you unsure, ask a follow-up right there. Get help with the reasoning while the subject is still in front of you.
Included with course access. 50 questions per calendar month.
At least 30 metres, measured along the ground.
The distance runs from the point below the drone to the nearest uninvolved person. With the low-speed mode active, and after assessing the conditions, you may reduce it to 5 metres.
EASA’s guidance adds a 1:1 reference: the horizontal distance should be no smaller than the drone’s height. At 45 metres high, compare the two figures and keep the larger.
Compare the figures; do not add them. EASA · Easy Access Rules for drones ↗
Lessons, practice, mock exams and an AI tutor included.
Each course has a 72-hour trial: one new lesson and ten questions each day. Lesson checks are separate. Mock exams and the AI tutor require paid access.
Study access only. Official exams, certificates and practical training are not included.
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The A2 certificate of remote pilot competency lets you fly a class C2 drone in subcategory A2 of the open category. There you may fly near uninvolved people, keeping a safe horizontal distance from them.
The certificate is recognised in every country that applies the European drone rules. Recognition does not remove local airspace restrictions or geographical zones, so check the rules for the place where you will fly.
The European rule fixes four steps, in this order. First, complete the online training for subcategories A1 and A3 and pass its online theory examination. Second, carry out practical self-training under A3 conditions, away from people. Third, declare that you have completed it. Fourth, pass the additional A2 theory examination.
The national aviation authority, or a body it has appointed, runs the examination and issues the certificate. The course’s first module explains each step.
Three subjects: meteorology, which is the weather; the flight performance of the drone; and the technical and operational ways of reducing the risk to people on the ground.
The course has a module for each subject, after a short module on the open category and the route to the certificate.
The European rule sets the least an A2 examination may be: 30 multiple-choice questions, with 75% of the marks needed to pass. On a paper of exactly 30 one-mark questions, that is 23 correct answers.
Each national authority runs its own examination, so check its current arrangements before you book. Ireland’s authority, for example, lists a paper of 30 questions taken online, recorded and reviewed afterwards, with no calculator, paper or notes. Our mock exams have 30 questions, 60 minutes and a 75% pass mark.
Book with your national aviation authority, or with a body it has appointed. Its website explains the booking steps, the language of the exam and the current fee.
The official exam is separate from Airspace School. Neither course plan pays for the exam or a retake.
The European rule does not require one. You may prepare for the examination on your own or with a training provider.
National arrangements differ, so check your authority’s current process before you book.
Five years. Before it runs out you can renew it in either of two ways: by demonstrating your competence again, or by completing refresher training offered by the authority or a body it has appointed.
After the five years the refresher route closes, and the rule requires the demonstration of competence.
It depends on the country, the examining body and whether you are taking A2 or STS. An English course or an English website does not necessarily mean the official examination is available in English.
Use our country guide to compare routes. We distinguish confirmed English examinations from arrangements that you should check directly before booking.
Check the examining body’s applicant requirements first. It may need a particular account, remote pilot number, identity document or evidence of your previous qualification. Do not assume that a country shown on the map accepts every applicant.
European pilot certificates are recognised across the countries applying the European drone rules, but you must still follow the operating requirements and geographical zones where you fly.
Ireland is a nearby European examination route. The suggestion uses only an approximate country and can be changed. It is not an eligibility check or a recommendation to travel before confirming the booking requirements.
These courses prepare you for the European A2 and STS examinations. Check the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s separate requirements if you intend to fly in the UK.
The theory qualification is only part of the route. A2 also requires practical self-training and its declaration. STS requires practical accreditation for the relevant scenario, and the operator must meet the declaration and operating requirements. Registration, geographical zones and other local requirements still apply.
There are 361 questions in the shared Practice and Question Bank pool, plus 90 separate questions across three mock exams and 49 lesson-check questions: 500 in total. Practice and Question Bank are two ways to use the same pool, so we count those questions once.
Your access brings together three ways to prepare. Learn explains the concepts with interactive 3D models, photographs, exercises and short teaching steps. Practice uses the question bank to help you work through individual topics. Mocks let you attempt a timed paper and review your answers afterwards.
Use them together: learn an unfamiliar subject, practise applying it, then use a mock to find what still needs work. The AI tutor answers follow-up questions with links to official sources. Access costs €29.99 once for 12 months, or €7.99 per month.
The course follows the A2 syllabus: meteorology, the flight performance of the drone, and the ways of reducing the risk to people on the ground, after an opening module on the open category and the route to the certificate. Within a lesson, the explanation and visual focus on one idea at a time.
For example, the safe-distance lesson shows where the distance to an uninvolved person is measured, and how it changes as the drone climbs or a person walks closer. The thunderstorm lesson follows the air currents through each stage of a storm.
Each format does a different job. A 3D model lets you change something and inspect the result from another angle. A photograph shows a situation with its important parts labelled. An exercise, such as reading a weather report group by group, lets you practise a method.
The accompanying explanation tells you what to look for and why it matters. You then apply the idea in a question.
Practice is for working on a particular topic using the question bank. Read the feedback, understand the answer and return to the lesson if the underlying idea is still unclear. It is useful when you know what you want to improve.
A mock is a timed attempt across a mixture of topics. Use it to practise working through a whole paper, then review the answers and decide what to revisit. A strong result is useful feedback, but no practice score can guarantee your official exam result.
No. National authorities do not publish their exam questions, and our questions are not taken from any official exam. They are preparation material written from the European rules and guidance, to help you understand and apply the subject.
Learning the reason behind an answer matters more than remembering its position on the screen. On the official exam, the wording, numbers or situation may differ. Use Practice to identify the knowledge being tested, and Mocks to practise applying it under time pressure.
You can start with the guided lessons and work at your own pace. Each lesson introduces the idea, explains the necessary terms in plain English and shows how to use the information before asking you to apply it.
Before the A2 exam you need the A1/A3 online training and exam; the course’s first module explains the route.
Pay €29.99 once for 12 months, with no automatic renewal. Or pay €7.99 per month: this option renews monthly until cancelled. Cancel renewal in your Account; access continues until the end of the period you have paid for.
Both options include Learn, Practice, Question Bank, Mocks and the AI tutor. The official exam and any retake fees are separate.
Compare the way you will actually study, as well as the price. Look at a lesson, a sample question and its feedback. Check the length of access, the number of questions, the mock exams and the support available.
Airspace School costs €29.99 once for 12 months, or €7.99 per month. It combines interactive 3D lessons, photographs and exercises with Practice, Mocks and an AI tutor. Some providers sell a course together with the official exam, so check whether an offer includes the exam fee before comparing prices.
Yes. EASA publishes the rules and its guidance free of charge in its Easy Access Rules, and some authorities offer free learning material: Luxembourg’s civil aviation authority, for example, offers a free online A2 course with EUROCONTROL. A paid course is optional; it is not a condition of the A2 certificate.
Self-study means organising the topics and finding explanations for anything you do not understand. A course adds a teaching sequence and a place to practise.
Full access to the EASA A2 course is €29.99 once for 12 months, or €7.99 per month. Mock exams and the AI tutor are included.
