BasicMed Compliance Tracker
Track your basicmed compliance with age-correct validity math and amber warnings before AME appointments get scarce.
Validity rule: BasicMed needs a CMEC physical exam every 48 months and the online medical education course every 24 months โ two independent clocks.
No entries yet โ add your first one above. Data stays in your browser.
โ ๏ธ Not for operational decisions. This is a record-keeping and planning aid only โ not certified avionics, not a source of regulatory truth. Always verify against official sources (FAA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Free basicmed compliance tracker for BasicMed pilots: enter exam dates, get the correct expiry under the age-banded rules, and amber warnings 60 days out โ before examiner calendars fill up.
About BasicMed Compliance Tracker
Medical validity is the least forgiving clock in aviation: the day it lapses, every other qualification goes dormant with it. For BasicMed pilots, the rule is: BasicMed needs a CMEC physical exam every 48 months and the online medical education course every 24 months โ two independent clocks. The tricky part is the calendar-month arithmetic interacting with age bands โ validity is to the end of the expiry month, and crossing an age threshold mid-cycle changes the next interval. This tracker stores each certificate (and its satellite requirements like ECGs or the BasicMed course) with its true expiry date, turns badges amber 60 days out, and headlines the next due date. Sixty days is calibrated to real AME appointment lead times in busy regions.
How to use BasicMed Compliance Tracker
- 1Enter your current medical with exam and expiry dates.
- 2Add satellite requirements (ECG, course, reports) as separate items.
- 3Book the renewal when the badge turns amber โ not when it turns red.
Why use BasicMed Compliance Tracker?
- โImplements the actual rule: BasicMed needs a CMEC physical exam every 48 months and the online medical education course every 24 months โ two independent clocks
- โTracks BOTH BasicMed clocks โ the 48-month exam and 24-month course
- โAmber at 60 days โ realistic examiner booking lead time
- โNext-expiry headline keeps the most urgent item visible
- โPrivate browser storage with CSV export
Frequently asked questions
How long is a BasicMed Compliance valid?+
BasicMed needs a CMEC physical exam every 48 months and the online medical education course every 24 months โ two independent clocks. Validity runs to the last day of the expiry month, not the anniversary of the exam โ an exam on the 2nd and an exam on the 28th of the same month expire together. Enter the computed expiry here once and stop re-deriving it; the badge does the watching.
What happens if my medical lapses?+
If either BasicMed clock runs out โ the 48-month physical or the 24-month course โ you no longer meet BasicMed and can't exercise the privileges until the lapsed element is refreshed. There's no examiner involved for the course (it's online and free), which makes letting it lapse especially unnecessary; the two badges here keep both clocks separately visible.
Do I need to carry the certificate when flying?+
Yes โ 61.3 requires your medical certificate (or BasicMed compliance) to be in your physical or accessible electronic possession when exercising privileges that need it. A ramp check asks for licence, medical and photo ID together; the expiry record kept here is your planning layer, not a substitute for the document itself.
Why doesn't this tool sync to the cloud?+
By design: career and currency records are sensitive, and the simplest privacy guarantee is never transmitting them. Local-only storage means zero servers, zero breach surface and zero subscription. If you fly from several devices, keep one as the master record and move snapshots between machines with the CSV export.
What format does the export use and what reads it?+
A plain CSV with one row per entry and labelled column headers โ the most portable format there is. Spreadsheets open it directly, every major electronic logbook can map it on import, and a printed copy is perfectly legible to a human reviewer. Nothing proprietary means your medical validity record is never trapped here.
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