PSTAR student pilot permit practice test
Practice for the Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations set by Transport Canada.
Built from the TP 11919E, Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations, with the handbook page behind every answer.
Canada Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations practice, for the Student Pilot Permit (all aircraft categories except glider and ultra-light aeroplane); also required for military and certain foreign-licensed applicants seeking a Canadian Private Pilot Licence
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You are approaching to land without a radio and the tower sends a series of red flashes. What does this mean?
Answer, see at once whether you were right, and read the handbook page beside it.
- Fill in the blank. Type the missing word. Exact match, capitals ignored.
- Flashcards. The question on the front, the answer and its source on the back. Mark each one known or again.
- Short answer. Answer in your own words, then compare with the source.
- Exam mode. 50-question papers in the real format.
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- 300
- chapters
- 14
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- The handbook page behind every answer
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Canada Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations practice, for the Student Pilot Permit (all aircraft categories except glider and ultra-light aeroplane); also required for military and certain foreign-licensed applicants seeking a Canadian Private Pilot Licence
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Canada Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations practice, for the Student Pilot Permit (all aircraft categories except glider and ultra-light aeroplane); also required for military and certain foreign-licensed applicants seeking a Canadian Private Pilot Licence. 50 questions, 45 of 50 to pass. Handbook published by Transport Canada.
300 questions · 14 chapters · Built from the official handbook · Sources checked October 2026.
Chapters
What the handbook covers
The questions follow the chapters of the TP 11919E, Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations, published by Transport Canada.
Handbook edition: Seventh Edition, December 2022.
Free questions
Try the free questions
The first 20 questions, free, no account. Each answer shows the handbook page it comes from.
You are approaching to land without a radio and the tower sends a series of red flashes. What does this mean?
About the test
About the real test
- Fee
- Not published
- Where you take it
- Authorized flight training units, or Transport Canada regional offices; whether a given flight training unit sits it is not published
- Time allowed
- Not published
- Languages
- English or French; you must read the questions and write the answers without assistance
- What to bring
- Not published
- Minimum age
- 14
- Parent or guardian consent
- Not published
- Vision test
- No separate vision test is published; the aeroplane student pilot permit needs a Medical Certificate, Category 1, 3 or 4, or a Civil Aviation Medical Declaration completed with a physician licensed in Canada
- If you do not pass
- Not published
- Booking
- Not published
- Official practice test
- The official PSTAR guide and answer key (free)
Before you book
Where you take it: Authorized flight training units, or Transport Canada regional offices; whether a given flight training unit sits it is not published.
Questions
Common Questions
Is this the Canada Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations?
See the notice at the end of this page.
How is the real test laid out?
The layout is shown above, under the test name. The exam mode here follows the same layout.
Where do the questions come from?
From the TP 11919E, Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations, published by Transport Canada. Every question links to the page it was written from. Each question shows the date we last checked its source.
What do I get if I buy?
The Canada Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations practice, for the Student Pilot Permit (all aircraft categories except glider and ultra-light aeroplane); also required for military and certain foreign-licensed applicants seeking a Canadian Private Pilot Licence: the whole question bank in five modes, and full exam papers in the real format, for $9.99, one payment.
What if I fail the real test?
See the notice at the end of this page.
Do I need an account?
Not for the first 20 questions. After you buy, you sign in with your email address and there is no password. We keep your email address, your province and which questions you got right or wrong, so you can pick up where you left off. Nothing else. You can delete it any time.
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Each question shows the date we last checked its source.
Quebec is not covered.
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The official guide holds the exam's own question bank and is free. Our questions are different questions about the same rules, each linked to the TC AIM or the Canadian Aviation Regulations page the rule lives on.