FAA Medical Prep
FAA medical exam preparation, built from the AME Guide for your conditions
Pick your certificate class and the conditions in your history. The tool lists the records, tests, and timelines the FAA expects for each one, names the certification pathway, and links every line to the FAA page it comes from. Your answers stay in your browser.
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Preparing the current published rule set…
How it works
- Choose first, second, or third class and whether this is an initial or renewal exam.
- Add the conditions in your medical history. Common names and abbreviations are recognized.
- Answer a few screening questions the AME Guide uses to decide which pathway applies.
- Print or save the report and bring it, with your MedXPress confirmation, to your AME.
Questions pilots ask
- What does the FAA Medical Prep tool do?
- You choose the medical certificate class you are applying for, whether it is an initial or renewal exam, and any medical conditions in your history. The tool then lists, for each condition, the records, tests, and timelines the FAA Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners expects, which certification pathway applies (regular issuance, CACI, AASI, or special issuance), and what could delay a decision, with links to the FAA pages it relies on.
- Is this medical advice or an FAA decision?
- No. The tool restates published FAA guidance; it does not diagnose, predict the outcome of your exam, or replace your AME. Only the FAA and your AME decide certification. Use the report to arrive at the exam with the right documents and questions.
- Is what I enter private?
- Your answers and checklist stay in your browser tab and are never sent to AME Foresight. Closing the tab or choosing Reset clears them. We count anonymous usage of the tool, including which conditions are looked up, and never tie those counts to you, your account, your IP address, or your answers.
- How current is the guidance?
- Every statement is tied to a saved snapshot of the FAA page it came from. The FAA publishes AME Guide updates on the last Wednesday of each month; the site checks every cited FAA page after each release and flags any change for review before it reaches the report.
- Which conditions are covered?
- Over two hundred conditions from the FAA AME Guide dispositions, CACI worksheets, AASI protocols, and disease protocols, from common ones such as high blood pressure, ADHD, sleep apnea, and diabetes to rarer cardiac, neurologic, and oncologic histories. The full list is on this page.
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. The tool is free and does not require an account.
Conditions covered (233), reviewed against the FAA AME Guide through 2026-08-26
- Abdominal or thoracic aneurysm
- Acoustic neuroma
- Acromegaly
- Active neck fistula or current tracheostomy
- Acute laryngitis
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Acute or chronic inner-ear disease
- ADHD history or ADHD medication use
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Allergies or anaphylaxis
- Alpha-gal syndrome
- ALS or other motor-neuron disease
- Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia
- Amblyopia
- Anemia
- Anosmia
- Antidepressant medication use
- Anxiety, depression, or related condition
- Aphakia or intraocular lens implant
- Arthritis
- Artificial voice-producing device
- Asthma
- Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
- Atrioventricular heart block
- Barrett’s esophagus
- Bell’s palsy or cranial-nerve palsy
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia or elevated PSA
- Binocular bifocal or multifocal contact lenses
- Binocular multifocal or accommodating lens device
- Bipolar disorder
- Bladder cancer
- Blepharitis or conjunctivitis
- Bradycardia below 50 beats per minute
- Brain abscess
- Brain bleed or ruptured aneurysm
- Brain or intracranial tumor
- Breast cancer
- Bronchiectasis
- Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Bundle branch block
- Carotid or vertebral artery disease
- Cataracts
- Central sleep apnea
- Cerebral palsy
- Chest pain, angina, or palpitations
- Chiari malformation
- Cholelithiasis
- Chorioretinitis
- Chronic hepatitis C
- Chronic kidney disease
- Chronic laryngitis
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Cirrhosis
- Cochlear implant
- Cognitive or mental impairment or dysfunction
- Colitis, Crohn’s disease, or IBS
- Collagen or connective-tissue disease
- Coloboma
- Colon or colorectal cancer
- Color-vision deficiency or color-vision limitation
- Conductive keratoplasty
- Congenital heart condition
- Congenital kidney lesion
- Congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID)
- Contact-lens use, monovision, or orthokeratology
- Coronary heart disease, acute coronary syndrome, heart attack, CABG, or coronary stent
- COVID-19 infection or post-COVID condition
- Cranial-vault bone loss involving both tables
- Cushing syndrome
- Cystic fibrosis (FAA cross-reference)
- Cystostomy or neurogenic bladder
- Deep brain stimulator
- Diabetes insipidus or polyuria
- Diet-controlled diabetes mellitus or diabetes in remission
- Diplopia (double vision)
- Dysthymia
- Dystonia
- Ear-drum perforation or otologic surgery
- Encephalitis
- Endocarditis
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Epilepsy or seizure disorder
- Esophageal varices
- Essential tremor
- Extensive adhesion of the soft palate to the pharynx
- Eye tumor, eyelid tumor, or ptosis
- Facial or head deformity affecting oxygen-mask fit
- Female hormone replacement therapy
- Fibromuscular dysplasia
- Field-of-vision loss or defect
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Glaucoma or ocular hypertension
- Gout or pseudogout
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Head or brain injury
- Hearing loss, deafness, or hearing-aid use
- Heart murmur
- Heart transplant
- Hemophilia
- Hepatitis
- Heterophoria
- History of suicide attempt
- HIV or AIDS
- HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in an HIV-negative pilot
- Huntington disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Implanted pacemaker
- Inflammatory renal condition (nephritis or nephrosis)
- Inguinal, ventral, or hiatal hernia
- Insulin-treated diabetes mellitus
- Isotretinoin (Accutane) use
- Keratoconus
- Kidney stones
- Labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis
- Laryngectomy
- Lattice degeneration
- Leukemia
- Liver transplant
- Low testosterone or hypogonadism
- Lymphoma or Hodgkin disease
- MASLD, MASH, NAFLD, or NASH
- Mastoid fistula or mastoiditis
- Meniere’s disease
- Meningitis
- Middle-ear abnormality
- Migraine or chronic headache
- Mitral valve disease
- Mitral valve repair
- Motion sickness
- Multiple sclerosis and related demyelinating conditions
- Myasthenia gravis
- Narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia
- Neuralgia
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurological arteriovenous malformation (brain or spinal cord)
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Ocular histoplasmosis
- Ocular-motility abnormality
- Ophthalmoscopic abnormality
- Optic neuritis
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Other blood or blood-forming tissue disease
- Other cardiac condition
- Other cutaneous or systemic skin disease
- Other disease of the lungs, pleura, or mediastinum
- Other genitourinary cancer or neoplasm
- Other lymphatic condition
- Other neurologic condition
- Other or unspecified cardiac arrhythmia
- Other refractive or implanted eye procedure
- Other sleep disorder
- Other urinary-system condition
- Outer-ear abnormality
- Pancreatitis
- Paraplegia
- Parkinson disease or parkinsonism
- Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
- Pectus excavatum
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Perilymph fistula
- Periodic limb movement, etc.
- Peripheral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness
- Personality disorder
- Pituitary adenoma
- Pleural disease or pneumothorax
- Polio or poliomyelitis
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
- Prediabetes or metabolic syndrome
- Pregnancy
- Premature atrial contractions
- Premature ventricular contractions
- Primary hemochromatosis
- Prostate cancer
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Psoriasis
- Psychosis
- Pterygium
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pupil abnormality
- Pyelitis, pyelonephritis, or pyonephrosis
- Raynaud’s syndrome
- Recent blood, platelet, or plasma donation
- Refractive eye surgery
- Renal cancer
- Renal transplant
- Restless leg syndrome
- Retinal dystrophy
- Retinoschisis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scar tissue with loss of function
- Seizure
- Sinusitis or sinus obstruction
- Situational depression or adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- Skin cancer or melanoma
- Smoking-cessation medications
- Speech impediment, stuttering, or mechanical speech condition
- Spine or other musculoskeletal condition
- Splenomegaly
- Stroke or transient ischemic attack
- Substance abuse or dependence
- Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome
- Syncope
- Testicular cancer
- Therapy, psychotherapy, or counseling history
- Thrombocytopenia
- Tourette syndrome or tic disorder
- Transient global amnesia
- Type 2 diabetes — medication controlled, not insulin
- Unexplained loss or disturbance of consciousness
- Unruptured brain aneurysm
- Upper- or lower-extremity condition
- Urticaria
- Valvular heart disease
- Venous thromboembolism
- Visual-acuity deficiency or corrective-lens use
- Weight-loss management or obesity treated with medication
- Wolff-Parkinson-White or other pre-excitation condition
AME Foresight restates published FAA guidance and is not medical advice. Certification decisions are made by the FAA and your Aviation Medical Examiner. Find an examiner with the AME search, or read the guide to what happens at an FAA medical exam.