§ 105.29 - Flight visibility and clearance from clouds requirements.

No person may make a parachute jump, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute jump to be made from that aircraft—

(a) Into or through a cloud; or

(b) When the flight visibility is less, or at a distance from clouds that is less, than that prescribed in the following table:

AltitudeFlight visibility (statute miles)Distance from clouds(1) 1,200 feet or less above the surface regardless of the MSL altitude3500 feet below. 1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal.(2) More than 1,200 feet above the surface but less than 10,000 feet MSL3500 feet below. 1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal.(3) More than 1,200 feet above the surface and at or above 10,000 feet MSL51,000 feet below. 1,000 feet above. 1 mile horizontal.