Your FAA medical hub
Your FAA medical, in one place.
Where each class of your certificate stands. Whether a medication grounds you. Your 8500-8 and paperwork ready before the AME asks.
Free, no card. Student pilots can start before their first medical.
Your third-class privileges run through 31 MAR 2027.
What’s in the hub
- CertificateA photo on file, each class’s end date read off it, an email before it runs outFree
- ConditionsTell the hub your history once; every page below works from itFree
- Can I Fly?202 medications checked against FAA guidance, with a go/no-go timerBasic
- DeadlinesWhen to book your AME, gather documents and file MedXPressBasic
- FAA updatesPolicy changes, flagged when they touch your conditionsBasic
- MedXPressYour 8500-8 kept between exams, with what changed since you filedPro
- Readiness CheckWhere you stand for this exam, and what to do before itPro
- DocumentsWhat your AME will ask you to bring, for your conditionsPro
Between exams · Can I Fly? · Basic
Took something? Know when you can fly.
Search a medication by brand or generic name. See its FAA status and the wait after a dose.
- A go/no-go timer from your last dose, only where an FAA page states the wait.
- Disqualifying or Special Issuance: no timer. Waiting out a dose does not make it legal.
- Not on our verified list? You get an AI summary, marked not verified, and never a timer.
Planning guidance, not a clearance to fly. Your AME decides.
Zolpidem
Ambien, Ambien CR · Sedative-hypnotic (sleep aid)
FAA permits limited use with grounding windows and monthly dose limits. Do not fly within 24 hours of a dose. Disclose usage to your AME.
Enter the date and time of your last dose.
24 hours is the FAA wait for Ambien and Ambien CR. Edluar and Intermezzo need 36 hours, and Zolpimist (spray) needs 48 hours.
FAA minimum: No flying for 24 hrs after a dose. Counted from your last dose, in this device’s time zone.
Before your exam · Pro
Walk into the AME prepared.
The FAA keeps every 8500-8 you file. Fill yours in the hub and it marks every answer that differs from the form you filed last time, so nothing surprises you in the exam room.
- Readiness Check. Where you stand for this exam, condition by condition, and what to do before it.
- Document checklist. What your AME will ask you to bring for your conditions, and the first-class ECG when your age calls for it.
- Medication register. Everything you take, each with its FAA status.
Preparation, not legal or certification advice. Your AME and the FAA decide.
Compare plansCompared with the form you filed last time
1To explain
2 new to disclose
1 other change
Hay fever or allergic reaction
No
ExplainFiled: Yes
You answered Yes last time. This asks about your whole life, so a Yes normally stays Yes. If No is accurate, be ready to explain why.
High or low blood pressure
Yes
DiscloseFiled: No
New since the form you filed. Expect your AME to ask about it.
List all medications currently being used (name, dose, frequency)
- Cetirizine 10 mg daily
- Lisinopril 10 mg daily
Disclose
New since the form you filed.
- Lisinopril 10 mg daily
Your history · Free
Something in your history? Tell the hub once.
Your conditions decide the documents your AME will want, the FAA updates you see and what the readiness check looks at. Read a free guide first; your AME and the FAA make the call.
- ADHD/adhd
- Anxiety/anxiety
- Depression/depression
- SSRIs and mental health/ssri-mental-health
- PTSD/ptsd
- Sleep apnea/sleep-apnea
- Diabetes/diabetes
- High blood pressure/high-blood-pressure
- Heart disease/heart-disease
- Thyroid/thyroid
- Migraines/migraines
- Seizures/seizures
- LASIK/lasik
- Color vision/color-vision
- Weight-loss medications/weight-loss-medications
- DUI/dui
- Special Issuance/special-issuance
- BasicMed/basicmed
- MedXPress help/medxpress-help
Three plans, three jobs.
Start free with your certificate. Upgrade from your account when you need more.
Free Know where you stand
- Your certificate on file, read from a photo
- When each class runs out1st, 2nd and 3rd, to the end of the month
- Your conditions on file
- A reminder email 30 days before your medical runs out
- Start before your first medicalFor student pilots
No card to start.
Basic Stay legal to fly between exams
or $59 a year
- Everything in Free
- Can I Fly?A medication’s FAA status and the wait after a dose, with a go/no-go timer where the FAA states the wait
- Deadline runway to your renewalIncluding the first-class ECG your age calls for
- FAA policy updates for your conditions
- Document vault
- Reminder emails 90, 60, 30 and 7 days before your medical runs out
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Pro Walk into the AME prepared
or $119 a year
- Everything in Basic
- Readiness CheckWhere you stand for this exam, condition by condition
- Form 8500-8 (MedXPress) mirrorWhat changed since the form you filed
- Document checklist for your AME visit
- Medication register with FAA status
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