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Air Force PT calculator (PFRA)

Your PFRA (Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment) composite from the charts effective March 1, 2026 — cardio, strength, core and waist-to-height, each component’s minimum, and what the next half point takes.

The calculator

About you
Sex

Today unless you change it. Official scoring from July 1, 2026.

Your components

Points appear beside each component as you type (charts effective March 1, 2026). Independent estimate, not a scorecard; general information, not medical or fitness advice.

Cardio (50 points)
2-mile run time

46.0 of 50minimum 35.0

Next point: 19 s faster (14:41) → 47.0

Strength (15 points)

9.0 of 15minimum 2.5

Next point: +1 rep (51 reps) → 9.5

Core (15 points)
Forearm plank time

8.0 of 15minimum 2.5

Next point: 5 s longer (2:35) → 8.5

Body composition (20 points), measured in

19.0 of 20ratio 0.50

Next point: a waist of 35.5 in or less at 72 in tall (ratio 0.49) → 20.0

Your PFRA composite

Example

82.0 of 100 points

Satisfactory: 75 to 89.9, with every component minimum met.

Scoring charts as of  · verified  · Change log · Report an error
Independent estimate · not an official statement · not a scorecard · general information, not medical or fitness advice

Scored on the male chart, ages under 25. Waist-to-height 0.5000 is truncated (not rounded) to 0.50.

Each component on one points scale; the composite under it
Cardio · 2-mile run46.0 of 50Strength · Push-ups9.0 of 15Core · Plank8.0 of 15Body composition (ratio 0.50)19.0 of 20Composite82.0 of 10075 satisfactory90 excellent

Check the official source: Air Force Personnel Center: Tab 2. PFRA Scoring Charts, cao 17 Mar 26

Estimate by Rank and Pay · scoring charts as of March 1, 2026 · not an official statement · rankandpay.com

Where the next points are

To reach Excellent (90): 8.0 more points

  1. Cardio · 2-mile run19 s faster (14:41) +1.0Top row: 1:35 faster (13:25), +4.0 at most
  2. Body composition · waist0.5 in smaller (35.5 in) +1.0
  3. Strength · Push-ups+1 push-up (51) +0.5Top row: +17 push-ups (67), +6.0 at most
  4. Core · Plank5 s longer (2:35) +0.5Top row: 1:10 longer (3:40), +7.0 at most

Ranked by the points the next row of each table adds. Every step is read from the same table as your score.

Each event on its own table

Every tick is a real row of the chart at its real raw value. Your result sits at its true value between rows; the ring is the next row.

Event to show
35504615:004714:414415:384914:034515:194814:2219 s faster → 47you: 15:00

Next point: 19 s faster (14:41) → 47.0

About this result

  • Repetitions or durations below the required minimum receive a component score of zero (AFMAN 36-2905, 3.7.4).
  • Waist-to-height is truncated to 2 decimals, not rounded (AFMAN 3.15.4.2).
  • Between two rows of the chart you earn the lower row.
  • The 1.5-mile run and the abdominal circumference measurement are gone; the charts in use took effect March 1, 2026 (cao 17 Mar 26).
  • Waist-to-height has no minimum: it adds 0 to 20 points.

How the math works

  1. Four components, 100 pointsCardio 50 (2-mile run or 20-m HAMR) + strength 15 (1-minute push-ups or 2-minute hand-release push-ups) + core 15 (1-minute sit-ups, 2-minute cross-leg reverse crunch or forearm plank) + body composition 20 (waist-to-height).Tab 2. PFRA Scoring Charts, cao 17 Mar 26 (page dated ) · AFMAN 36-2905, Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Program (24 Mar 2026) (page dated )
  2. One chart per optionYour points = the highest row you met or beat, by age group and sex; between two rows you earn the lower row. Top rows marked “≤” or “≥” cover anything better.A 15:05 2-mile at under 25 (male) is 45.0, because 46.0 needs 15:00.Tab 2. PFRA Scoring Charts, cao 17 Mar 26 (page dated )
  3. Component minimumsCardio 35.0, strength 2.5, core 2.5 (the starred rows). “Repetitions or durations below the required minimum receive a component score of zero.” Waist-to-height has no minimum.AFMAN 36-2905, Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Program (24 Mar 2026) (page dated ) · Tab 2. PFRA Scoring Charts, cao 17 Mar 26 (page dated )
  4. Waist-to-heightWaist ÷ height, truncated (not rounded) to 2 decimals: 39.5 ÷ 72 = 0.5486 → 0.54 → 15 points. Waist measured three times and rounded down to the half inch; height to the nearest half inch.Points: 0.49 or less → 20 · 0.50 → 19 · 0.51 → 18 · 0.52 → 17 · 0.53 → 16 · 0.54 → 15 · 0.55 → 12.5 · 0.56 → 10 · 0.57 → 7.5 · 0.58 → 5 · 0.59 → 2.5 · 0.60 or more → 0.AFMAN 36-2905, Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Program (24 Mar 2026) (page dated )
  5. CategoriesExcellent 90 or more · Satisfactory 75 to 89.9 · Unsatisfactory 74.9 or less, or any component minimum missed.AFMAN 36-2905, Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Program (24 Mar 2026) (page dated )
  6. DatesCharts effective March 1, 2026; March 1 – June 30, 2026 was the diagnostic period; official scoring from July 1, 2026.Air Force updates fitness test requirements (page dated ) · Tab 2. PFRA Scoring Charts, cao 17 Mar 26 (page dated )

Not modeled here

  • 2-km walk: Not modeled — it is pass/fail with no points, and how the composite is scaled without a cardio score isn’t in the parts of AFMAN 36-2905 we read (checked October 6, 2026).

  • Component exemptions: Not modeled — how the composite is scaled when a component is exempt isn’t in the parts of AFMAN 36-2905 we read (checked October 6, 2026).

  • Space Force: Not modeled — Guardians have their own fitness program; this tool scores the Air Force PFRA only (checked October 6, 2026).

Full scoring charts

Every row of cao 17 Mar 26, by option, age group and sex.

Event
Chart

2-mile run · under 25 · Male · 21 rows · values in min:sec

  1. 50.0≤ 13:25
  2. 49.513:44
  3. 49.014:03
  4. 48.014:22
  5. 47.014:41
  6. 46.015:00
  7. 45.015:19
  8. 44.015:38
  9. 43.015:57
  10. 42.016:16
  11. 41.016:35
  12. 40.016:54
  13. 39.017:13
  14. 38.517:32
  15. 38.017:51
  16. 37.518:10
  17. 37.018:29
  18. 36.518:48
  19. 36.019:07
  20. 35.519:36
  21. 35.019:45 min

Each row is the points next to the value you must reach; between two rows you earn the lower one. The row marked “min” is the component minimum (the chart’s starred row): a result below it scores 0 for that component and the test is unsatisfactory. “≤” and “≥” on the top row mean anything better earns the top score.

How we check the numbers

  1. From the agency’s own tables. Pay from DFAS, housing from DoD’s BAH file, VA rates from VA, fitness scores from each service’s current scoring tables — looked up the way the tables read, never interpolated.
  2. Two dates on every answer. The date a rate took effect and the date it was last checked against the agency’s page. A rule that can’t be confirmed says “Not modeled” and why, instead of a guess.
  3. Tested, then logged. The arithmetic runs on one engine with automated tests built from the agencies’ own worked examples; every rate or rule change goes into the public change log with its source.

  • Guide · Fitness

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    2026 waist-to-height rules: Army under 0.55, Air Force points, Navy 0.5499 and Marine Corps 0.52, plus how each service measures and rounds, with examples.

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Sources

  1. Tab 2. PFRA Scoring Charts, cao 17 Mar 26Air Force Personnel Center · read
  2. AFMAN 36-2905, Air Force Physical Fitness Readiness Program (24 Mar 2026)Department of the Air Force · read
  3. Air Force updates fitness test requirementsU.S. Air Force · read