---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 63.53"
title: "14"
number: "63.53"
heading: "Knowledge requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/63.53"
---

# §63.53. Knowledge requirements.

- (a) An applicant for a flight navigator certificate must pass a written test on—
  - (1) The regulations of this chapter that apply to the duties of a flight navigator;
  - (2) The fundamentals of flight navigation, including flight planning and cruise control;
  - (3) Practical meteorology, including analysis of weather maps, weather reports, and weather forecasts; and weather sequence abbreviations, symbols, and nomenclature;
  - (4) The types of air navigation facilities and procedures in general use;
  - (5) Calibrating and using air navigation instruments;
  - (6) Navigation by dead reckoning;
  - (7) Navigation by celestial means;
  - (8) Navigation by radio aids;
  - (9) Pilotage and map reading; and
  - (10) **Interpretation of navigation aid identification signals.**
- (b) **A report of the test is mailed to the applicant.** Except as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, a passing grade is evidence, for a period of 24 calendar months after the test, that the applicant has complied with this section.
- (c) An applicant is eligible to take a practical test for a flight navigator certificate under this part with an expired written test report in accordance with [§ 61.40](/cfr/14/61.40.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 1179, 27 FR 7970, Aug. 10, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 63-19, 43 FR 22639, May 25, 1978; Docket FAA-2023-0825, Amdt. 63-47, 89 FR 80053, Oct. 1, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 313(a), 314, 601, and 607; 49 U.S.C. 1354(a), 1355, 1421, and 1427.

### Source

Source: Docket 1179, 27 FR 7970, Aug. 10, 1962, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Amendments

[Docket 1179, 27 FR 7970, Aug. 10, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 63-19, 43 FR 22639, May 25, 1978; Docket FAA-2023-0825, Amdt. 63-47, 89 FR 80053, Oct. 1, 2024]