FAA Class 3 Medical Expiry Tracker
Track your faa class 3 medical expiry with age-correct validity math and amber warnings before AME appointments get scarce.
Validity rule: Class 3 lasts 60 calendar months under 40 and 24 over 40.
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⚠️ Not for operational decisions. This is a record-keeping and planning aid only — not certified avionics, not a source of regulatory truth. Always verify against official sources (FAA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Free faa class 3 medical expiry tracker for private pilots: enter exam dates, get the correct expiry under the age-banded rules, and amber warnings 60 days out — before examiner calendars fill up.
About FAA Class 3 Medical Expiry Tracker
Medical validity is the least forgiving clock in aviation: the day it lapses, every other qualification goes dormant with it. For private pilots, the rule is: Class 3 lasts 60 calendar months under 40 and 24 over 40. The tricky part is the calendar-month arithmetic interacting with age bands — 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 FAA Class 3 Medical Expiry 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 — not when it turns red.
Why use FAA Class 3 Medical Expiry Tracker?
- ✓Implements the actual rule: Class 3 lasts 60 calendar months under 40 and 24 over 40
- ✓Tracks satellite items too: ECG, audiogram, specialist reports
- ✓Amber at 60 days — realistic examiner booking lead time
- ✓Next-expiry headline keeps the most urgent item visible
- ✓Private browser storage with CSV export
Frequently asked questions
How long is a FAA Class 3 Medical valid?+
Class 3 lasts 60 calendar months under 40 and 24 over 40. Validity runs to the last day of the expiry month, not the anniversary of the exam — 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?+
Your flying privileges pause until a new examination — there's no grace period for exercising privileges, though scheduling the exam after lapse is perfectly legal. Private pilots with employer rosters face stand-down the day validity ends, which is why this tracker's amber window is sized for booking lead times rather than for optimists.
Do I need to carry the certificate when flying?+
Yes — 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.
What happens to my entries if I clear my browser?+
Clearing site data or doing a full browser reset deletes locally stored entries — that is the price of a genuinely private, server-free design. Protect yourself with the one-click CSV download before any cleanup, OS reinstall or new laptop: re-importing your history later is far easier than reconstructing it from memory.
How do I back up or print these records?+
Use the Export CSV button below the table: it downloads your full medical validity record as a spreadsheet-ready file. From there you can print a clean copy, archive it with your training folder, or import it into any electronic logbook program. Exporting monthly is a good habit since the working data lives only in your browser.
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