Part 107 exam practice question · Regulations · Part 107
Two separate permissions govern Part 107 operations, and this item checks whether you can tell which one a scenario triggers. §107.29 covers night operation and requires the aircraft to display anti-collision lighting visible for at least three statute miles; fly at night without it and you need a waiver of that section. §107.41 is unrelated to time of day — it requires prior ATC authorization to operate in Class B, C or D airspace, or within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E designated for an airport. Because the scenario supplies no controlled-surface airspace of that kind, only the lighting deficiency creates a requirement. Operations over people would raise §107.39, which the scenario also rules out.
Flying at night without the anti-collision lighting §107.29 requires means the operation cannot be conducted under the rule as written, so a waiver of §107.29 is needed. Nothing else in the scenario triggers a second permission.
Since the 2021 rule change, night operations are allowed without a waiver provided the aircraft displays anti-collision lighting visible for three statute miles and the remote pilot has completed the updated training. Separately, §107.41 governs entry into controlled airspace and §107.39 governs operations over people.
§107.29 is the Night light — no light, no night. §107.41 is the Door into controlled airspace — knock before you enter. Different problems, different paperwork.
Waiver and authorization are not synonyms. A waiver sets aside a rule you cannot comply with; an authorization is permission to enter airspace. Options that swap the words are wrong even when the section number is right.
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