Flight Instructor Airplane test code
AI.II.L.R2Technical Subject Areas: Water and Seaplane Characteristics, Seaplane Bases, Maritime Rules, and Aids to Marine Navigation (ASES, AMES)
Flight Instructor Airplane test standard, area of operation II, task L
Written as ai.ii.l.r2 or AI.II.L.R2 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Impact of marine traffic.
What it means
AI.II.L.R2 is a risk management element in the Technical Subject Areas area of operation of the Flight Instructor Airplane test standard. A risk management element is a hazard the FAA expects you to be able to spot and manage, and the written test can ask questions on it.
- AI
- Flight Instructor Airplane ACS
- II
- Area of operation II: Technical Subject Areas
- L
- Task L: Water and Seaplane Characteristics, Seaplane Bases, Maritime Rules, and Aids to Marine Navigation (ASES, AMES)
- R2
- Risk management element 2
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing AI.II.L.R2 there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.
Sources: FAA-S-ACS-25, Flight Instructor for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Can be printed on 2 tests
- Flight Instructor Airplane (Added Rating) (AFA)
- Flight Instructor Airplane (FIA)
Got more than one code on your report?
Paste them all into the free study planner and it groups them by subject, most missed first.