Aerospace Medical Certification Subsystem (AMCS) Online Support

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FAA MedXPress is a web application used by pilots to submit their certification applicant information (Items 1 through 20) of the FAA Form 8500-8. Pilots need only a valid email address to create a MedXPress account and to participate in FAA MedXPress.

MedXPress is another step the Office of Aerospace Medicine is taking toward becoming paperless. MedXPress is designed to expedite the processing of an applicant’s request for certification and shorten the applicant’s office visit with the AME.

Pilot participation in MedXPress is currently voluntary; however, as was recently announced by the Federal Air Surgeon (PDF), the use of MedXPress is mandatory beginning October 1, 2012.

Why wait for the October 1, 2012 deadline? Encourage your pilots to begin using MedXPress today; you and your pilots will be pleased. MedXPress is located at https://medxpress.faa.gov/.

This document (PDF) provides you, the AME, with an overview of the steps you should follow when processing MedXPress applications.

Please note: At this time MedXPress is not available for use by FAA Air Traffic Controllers.

MedXPress information for the pilot

• MedXPress: So Easy.. Anyone Can Do It
• FAA MedXPress Program for Pilots - Your Express Lane to Medical Certification (PDF, 461 KB)
• MedXPress User Guide (PDF, 503 KB)

Notice of MedXPress Downtime

(times shown are United States central time zone)

• AMCS and MedXPress will not be available on Friday September 28, 2012 from 7:00 am to 7:30 am while updates to the web server are deployed.