AFCAT 2023 Application Form, Eligibility, Exam Date, Pattern, Admit Card, etc.

AFCAT stands for Air Force Common Admission Test which offers Indian citizens an opportunity to serve as a Group-A gazetted officer in the Indian Air force. Indian Airforce recruits candidates by organizing an entrance examination called AFCAT. The candidate who passes the entrance examination will go through a medical test followed by an interview session. After clearing every step of recruitment, the selected candidates will become a Group-A gazetted officer in the Indian Airforce as a Flying officer or Technical staff. In this article, we will discuss details on AFCAT 2023 Application Form, Eligibility, Exam Date, Pattern, Admit Card, etc.

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for AFCAT is as follows-

• The candidate must be a citizen of India

Flying Branch

• The candidate must have completed graduation from a recognized university in any discipline with a minimum of 60% marks and the candidate needs to choose physics and mathematics at class 12^th level
• The age criteria are between 20 to 24 years of age

Ground Duty (Technical)

• The candidate must have completed graduation in engineering (B.E./B.Tech) from a recognized university with a minimum of 60% marks or the candidate must have passed the examination of Aeronautical Society of India or Associate Membership of Institute Engineers (India)
• The age criteria are between 20 to 26years of age

Ground Duty (Non-Technical)

• The candidate must have completed graduation from a recognized university in any discipline with a minimum of 60% marks and the candidate needs to choose physics and mathematics at class 12^th level or, the candidate must clear section A & B examination of Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (India) or Aeronautical Society of India from a recognized university with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent
• The age criteria are between 20 to 26years of age

Physical Standard

The candidate must be Physically Fit must have a set physical standard in terms of Height, Weight, and Eyesight. The following are the physical standard that the candidate must have-

For men

Height Weight for Airforce

The following are the minimum height standard for AFCAT Physical Test-

Type of height	Scale	Length in cm
Sitting height	Maximum	81.5 cm
	Minimum	96.0 cm
Leg Length	Minimum	99.0 cm
	Maximum	120.0 cm
Thigh Length	Maximum	64.0 cm

For Ground Duty Candidates

Criteria	Minimum Height
Ground Staff	157.5 cm
Gurkha and the candidate belonging to the North-Eastern regions of India and hilly regions of Uttarakhand	152.5 cm
Lakshadweep	155.5cm

Ideal Height to Weight Ratio

Height in cm			Age Range (Years)
	15-17	18-22	23-27	28-32	33-37
152	46	47	50	54	54
153	47	47	51	55	55
154	47	48	51	56	56
155	48	49	52	56	56
156	48	49	53	57	57
157	49	50	54	58	58
158	49	50	54	58	58
159	50	51	55	59	59
160	51	52	56	59	60
161	51	52	56	60	60
162	52	53	57	61	61
163	52	54	58	61	62
164	53	54	59	62	63
165	53	55	59	63	63
166	54	56	60	63	64
167	54	56	61	64	65
168	55	57	61	65	65
169	55	57	62	65	66
170	56	58	63	66	67
171	56	59	64	66	68
172	57	59	64	67	68
173	58	60	65	68	69
174	58	61	66	68	70
175	59	61	66	69	71
176	59	62	67	70	71
177	60	62	68	70	72
178	60	63	69	71	73
179	61	64	69	72	73
180	61	64	70	72	74
181	62	65	71	73	75
182	62	66	72	74	76
183	63	66	72	74	76
184	64	67	73	75	77
185	64	68	74	75	78
186	65	68	74	76	78
187	65	69	75	77	79
188	66	69	76	77	80
189	66	70	77	78	81
190	67	71	77	79	81
191	67	71	78	79	82
192	68	72	79	80	82
193	68	73	79	81	83
SD	6.0	6.3	7.1	6.6	6.9

For Women

Height Weight for Airforce

The following are the minimum height standard for AFCAT Physical Test-

Women Candidate	Height
Flying Branch	162.5 cm
Other Branches	152 cm

Ideal Height to Weight Ratio

Height in cm	Weight in Kg
	20-25 years	26-30 years
148	43	46
149	44	47
150	45	48
151	45	48
152	46	49
153	47	50
154	47	50
155	48	51
156	49	52
157	49	53
158	50	53
159	51	54
160	51	55
161	52	55
162	52	56
163	53	57
164	54	57
165	54	58
166	55	59
167	56	60
168	56	60
169	57	61
170	58	62
171	58	62
172	59	63
173	59	64
174	60	64
175	61	65
176	61	66
177	62	67
178	63	67
SD	5	5

Eyesight Criteria

Branch	Visual Acuity Error
F(P) including WSOs Hypermetropia	6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other, correctable to 6/6 only for Hypermetropia
Aircrew other than F(P)	6/24 in one eye and 6/36 in other, correctable to 6/6 and 6/9
Adm/ Adm (ATC)/ Adm (FC)	Corrected visual acuity should be 6/6 in each eye
AE(M) AE(L)	Corrected visual acuity should be 6/9 in each eye. Wearing of glasses will be compulsory when advised
Accts/ Lgs	Corrected visual acuity should be 6/6 in the better eye and 6/18 in the worse eye. Wearing of Glasses will be compulsory

AFCAT 2023 Exam Date

AFCAT-I

Events	Exam Dates
AFCAT-2 Application Form Released	June 2023
Last Date to Apply Online Application form	July 2023
Admit Card Available	September 2023
AFCAT-2 2023 Exam Date	October 2023
AFCAT-2 Exam Result	Update Soon

AFCAT-II

Events	Exam Dates
AFCAT-2 Application Form Released	December 2023
Last Date to Apply Online Application form	January  2024
Admit Card Available	February 2023
AFCAT-2 2023 Exam Date	March 2023
AFCAT-2 Exam Result	Update Soon

AFCAT 2023 Application Form

The application process for AFCAT can be filled online and the candidate can follow the step by step process is as follows-

• Visit the official website of AFCAT and click on the login button
• Now, a login page will appear where you have to click on the not yet register button
• A short form will appear where you have to enter your email ID and a system-generated password (must remember login ID and password)
•  Now, login to your account using your login credentials and select the type of entry-AFCAT or NCC Special entry for Flying Branch
• Now, the agreement and instruction page will appear where you have to agree to the terms after reading them
• Click on the application form and start filling it with details like name, address, education qualification, etc.
• After filling in the details, you have to upload the documents mentioned below  followed by selecting the examination city
• Now, the candidate must pay the application fee to confirm his/her application form
• Make sure to take the printout of the application form and payment receipt for future use

Documents required for AFCAT 2023 Application Form

The following are the documents that are necessary for filling the AFCAT application form-

• Latest Scanned photo passport size
• 10 and 12 certificates scanned
• Graduation Degree/Marks Sheet
• Scanned signature and left-hand thumb impression of the candidate
• Aadhaar card number and a scanned copy

AFCAT 2023 Application Fee

The application fee for the AFCAT examination is Rs.250/- which can be paid online using a credit card, debit card, Net Banking, etc.

AFCAT Exam Pattern 2023

The following are the examination pattern for AFCAT-

Subjects	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks	Time Duration
General Awareness, Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning, Military Aptitude Test	100	300	2 Hours
Engineering Knowledge Test (For Technical Ground Duty only)	50	150	45 Minutes

AFCAT Syllabus

The following are the syllabus for AFCAT-

English

• Unseen passage
• Synonym
• Antonym
• correction of sentences
• finding the grammatical error
• the meaning of words
• the collective term for a phrase

Current Affairs

• Recent events of national and international important
• The questions can be asked for anything recent like sports, awards, etc.

General Awareness

• History
• Geography
• Polity
• science

Mathematics

• Ratio and proportion
• speed distance and time
• percentage
• profit and loss and basic questions of algebra

Reasoning

• Verbal and non-verbal reasoning
• Series
• completing the pattern

Exam Centers AFCAT

The following are the examination center for AFCAT-

Bareilly	Guwahati	Lucknow	Solapur	Panaji
Behrampur	Gwalior	Ludhiana	Sonipat	Pathankot
Belagavi	Haldwani	Madurai	Srinagar	Patna
Bengaluru	Hissar	Mangalore	Thane	Port Blair
Bhagalpur	Hyderabad	Mathura	Thiruvananthapuram	Puducherry
Bhilai	Imphal	Meerut	Thrissur	Vellore
Bhopal	Indore	Mumbai	Tirunelveli	Vijayawada
Bhubaneswar	Itanagar	Mysore	Tirupati	Visakhapatnam
Bhuj	Jabalpur	Nagpur	Udaipur	Warangal
Bikaner	Jaipur	Nasik	Vadodara	Yamunanagar
Bilaspur	Jalandhar	Noida	Varanasi	Aligarh
Agartala	Dhanbad	Jorhat	Pune	Chandigarh
Agra	Diu	Kannur	Rajkot	Chennai
Ajmer	Dibrugarh	Kanpur	Ranchi	Coimbatore
Ahmedabad	Durgapur	Kochi	Rohtak	Dehradun
Aizawl	Faridabad	Kohima	Roorkee	Delhi and NCR
Alwar	Ganganagar	Kolhapur	Sagar	Jalpaiguri
Allahabad	Gaya	Kolkata	Sambalpur	Jammu
Ambala	Ghaziabad	Kota	Shillong	Jamshedpur
Amritsar	Gorakhpur	Kurukshetra	Shimla	Jhansi
Aurangabad	Guntur	Leh	Silchar	Jodhpur

AFCAT Admit Card 2023

The admit card for AFCAT is not yet released, we will update the admit card status once the examination conducting authority releases the admit card.

AFCAT 2023 Result

The result for AFCAt 2023 is not yet released, we will update the result for AFCAT 2023 once the examination authority releases the result.

AFCAT 2023 Selection Procedure (SSB Interview)

The candidates who have passed the AFCAT entrance examination are called for the SSB Interview session which is a 5-day recruitment program organized in the Indian Military Academy. Here, the candidate will be interviewed and tested both mentally and physically before the final selection. The candidate also needs to provide the documents both in xerox (two copies attested) and original for verification.

Documents Required for SSB Interview

The following are the documents required by the candidates to bring during the SSB interview-

• AFCAT 2022 Admit Card
• Original Matriculation/ Secondary School Certificate and Mark sheets issued by CBSE/ ICSE/ State Board
• Original Marks Sheet & Certificate of 10+2 (issued by the relevant Board).
• Original/ Provisional Graduation Degree/ Post Graduation Degree Certificates and Mark Sheet of each year/ semester issued by University
• A provisional certificate issued by the University
• In case of final year/ semester students, a Certificate from the College Principal with proper stamp and seal of the Institution
• Original NCC Certificate (if applicable).
• NOC from employers for candidates working in Central/ State Govt. or Public Sector Undertakings.
• Original valid Commercial Pilots’ License, issued by DGCA, if applicable.
• Inbound Railway Ticket/ Bus Tickets. (For refund of Travelling Allowance)
• Twenty copies of recent passport size color photographs