PPL theory exam in Germany

Admission and authority

You need a recommendation from your training organisation. It requires that you have completed the theory training and is valid for 12 months. You take all exams for a licence with the same authority. Your flight school will tell you which aviation authority is responsible for you.

Subjects, questions and times

The figures come from the information sheet of the North German aviation authorities, as of 05/2021 (subject names translated):

Subject	Questions	Minutes
Air law and ATC procedures	20	40
Human performance	12	24
Meteorology	20	40
Communications	12	24
Principles of flight	12	24
Operational procedures	12	24
Flight performance and planning	12	24
Aircraft general knowledge	12	24
Navigation	20	60
Total	132	284

You choose the order of the subjects. You may only leave the exam room after finishing a subject.

Question catalogue

According to the information sheet, the question catalogue comes from the ECQB-PPL and is obtained from Aircademy. Aircademy publishes part of the questions as sample catalogues, which the sheet describes as a representative extract suitable for preparation alongside your school’s lessons. You will find the sample catalogues on Aircademy’s site, not here.

On the day

• The exam runs on a computer with the software LPLUS TestStudio Pilots Examination Office (LTS PEXO). The authority links a demo exam in its information sheet.
• Each question has exactly one correct answer. A subject is passed at 75.00 per cent; wrong answers cost no marks.
• You get your results right after the exam.
• Exam questions are confidential. Anyone writing questions down is excluded from the rest of the exam that day.
• A proven attempt to cheat fails all subjects taken that day and bars you from further exams for at least 12 months.

Aids and language

Permitted are a calculator (non-programmable, without alphanumeric or aviation functions), a mechanical navigation computer, a protractor, compasses, a ruler and writing material. Bring a pen, a pencil and an eraser; the authority provides paper. You take the exam in German or English; a pure translation dictionary is allowed.

Deadlines

You must pass all subjects within 18 months, counted from the end of the calendar month of your first exam. After four failed attempts in a subject, or once the period has run out, you retake all subjects after further training. The passed exam is accepted for 24 months for the issue of the licence.