Part 91 - General Operating and Flight Rules  


Subpart A - General
§ 91.1 - Applicability.
§ 91.3 - Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.
§ 91.5 - Pilot in command of aircraft requiring more than one required pilot.
§ 91.7 - Civil aircraft airworthiness.
§ 91.9 - Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements.
§ 91.11 - Prohibition on interference with crewmembers.
§ 91.13 - Careless or reckless operation.
§ 91.15 - Dropping objects.
§ 91.17 - Alcohol or drugs.
§ 91.19 - Carriage of narcotic drugs, marihuana, and depressant or stimulant drugs or substances.
§ 91.21 - Portable electronic devices.
§ 91.23 - Truth-in-leasing clause requirement in leases and conditional sales contracts.
§ 91.25 - Aviation Safety Reporting Program: Prohibition against use of reports for enforcement purposes.
§§ 91.27--91.99 - [Reserved]
Subpart B - Flight Rules
Visual Flight Rules
§ 91.151 - Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions.
§ 91.153 - VFR flight plan: Information required.
§ 91.155 - Basic VFR weather minimums.
§ 91.157 - Special VFR weather minimums.
§ 91.159 - VFR cruising altitude or flight level.
§ 91.161 - Special awareness training required for pilots flying under visual flight rules within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME.
§§ 91.161--91.165 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.162--91.165 - [Reserved]
General
§ 91.101 - Applicability.
§ 91.103 - Preflight action.
§ 91.105 - Flight crewmembers at stations.
§ 91.107 - Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems.
§ 91.108 - Use of supplemental restraint systems.
§ 91.109 - Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight and certain flight tests.
§ 91.111 - Operating near other aircraft.
§ 91.113 - Right-of-way rules: Except water operations.
§ 91.115 - Right-of-way rules: Water operations.
§ 91.117 - Aircraft speed.
§ 91.119 - Minimum safe altitudes: General.
§ 91.121 - Altimeter settings.
§ 91.123 - Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions.
§ 91.125 - ATC light signals.
§ 91.126 - Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace.
§ 91.127 - Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class E airspace.
§ 91.129 - Operations in Class D airspace.
§ 91.130 - Operations in Class C airspace.
§ 91.131 - Operations in Class B airspace.
§ 91.133 - Restricted and prohibited areas.
§ 91.135 - Operations in Class A airspace.
§ 91.137 - Temporary flight restrictions in the vicinity of disaster/hazard areas.
§ 91.138 - Temporary flight restrictions in national disaster areas in the State of Hawaii.
§ 91.139 - Emergency air traffic rules.
§ 91.141 - Flight restrictions in the proximity of the Presidential and other parties.
§ 91.143 - Flight limitation in the proximity of space flight operations.
§ 91.144 - Temporary restriction on flight operations during abnormally high barometric pressure conditions.
§ 91.145 - Management of aircraft operations in the vicinity of aerial demonstrations and major sporting events.
§ 91.146 - Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event.
§ 91.147 - Passenger-carrying flights for compensation or hire.
§§ 91.145--91.149 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.146--91.149 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.148--91.149 - [Reserved]
Instrument Flight Rules
§ 91.167 - Fuel requirements for flight in IFR conditions.
§ 91.169 - IFR flight plan: Information required.
§ 91.171 - VOR equipment check for IFR operations.
§ 91.173 - ATC clearance and flight plan required.
§ 91.175 - Takeoff and landing under IFR.
§ 91.176 - xxx
§ 91.177 - Minimum altitudes for IFR operations.
§ 91.179 - IFR cruising altitude or flight level.
§ 91.180 - Operations within airspace designated as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum airspace.
§ 91.181 - Course to be flown.
§ 91.183 - IFR communications.
§ 91.185 - IFR operations: Two-way radio communications failure.
§ 91.187 - Operation under IFR in controlled airspace: Malfunction reports.
§ 91.189 - Category II and III operations: General operating rules.
§ 91.191 - Category II and Category III manual.
§ 91.193 - Certificate of authorization for certain Category II operations.
§§ 91.195--91.199 - [Reserved]
Subpart C - Equipment, Instrument, and Certificate Requirements
§ 91.201 - [Reserved]
§ 91.203 - Civil aircraft: Certifications required.
§ 91.205 - Powered civil aircraft with standard category U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements.
§ 91.207 - Emergency locator transmitters.
§ 91.209 - Aircraft lights.
§ 91.211 - Supplemental oxygen.
§ 91.213 - Inoperative instruments and equipment.
§ 91.215 - ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use.
§ 91.217 - Data correspondence between automatically reported pressure altitude data and the pilot's altitude reference.
§ 91.219 - Altitude alerting system or device: Turbojet-powered civil airplanes.
§ 91.221 - Traffic alert and collision avoidance system equipment and use.
§ 91.223 - Terrain awareness and warning system.
§ 91.225 - Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment and use.
§ 91.227 - Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) Out equipment performance requirements.
§§ 91.223--91.299 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.224--91.299 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.228--91.299 - [Reserved]
Subpart D - Special Flight Operations
§ 91.301 - [Reserved]
§ 91.303 - Aerobatic flight.
§ 91.305 - Flight test areas.
§ 91.307 - Parachutes and parachuting.
§ 91.309 - Towing: Gliders and unpowered ultralight vehicles.
§ 91.311 - Towing: Other than under § 91.309.
§ 91.313 - Restricted category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.315 - Limited category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.317 - Provisionally certificated civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.319 - Aircraft having experimental certificates: Operating limitations.
§ 91.321 - Carriage of candidates in elections.
§ 91.323 - Increased maximum certificated weights for certain airplanes operated in Alaska.
§ 91.325 - Primary category aircraft: Operating limitations.
§ 91.326 - xxx
§ 91.327 - Aircraft having a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category: Operating limitations.
§§ 91.326--91.399 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.328--91.399 - [Reserved]
Subpart E - Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, and Alterations
§ 91.401 - Applicability.
§ 91.403 - General.
§ 91.405 - Maintenance required.
§ 91.407 - Operation after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration.
§ 91.409 - Inspections.
§ 91.410 - [Reserved]
§ 91.411 - Altimeter system and altitude reporting equipment tests and inspections.
§ 91.413 - ATC transponder tests and inspections.
§ 91.415 - Changes to aircraft inspection programs.
§ 91.417 - Maintenance records.
§ 91.419 - Transfer of maintenance records.
§ 91.421 - Rebuilt engine maintenance records.
§§ 91.423--91.499 - [Reserved]
Subpart F - Large and Turbine-Powered Multiengine Airplanes and Fractional Ownership Program Aircraft
§ 91.501 - Applicability.
§ 91.503 - Flying equipment and operating information.
§ 91.505 - Familiarity with operating limitations and emergency equipment.
§ 91.507 - Equipment requirements: Over-the-top or night VFR operations.
§ 91.509 - Survival equipment for overwater operations.
§ 91.511 - Communication and navigation equipment for overwater operations.
§ 91.513 - Emergency equipment.
§ 91.515 - Flight altitude rules.
§ 91.517 - Passenger information.
§ 91.519 - Passenger briefing.
§ 91.521 - Shoulder harness.
§ 91.523 - Carry-on baggage.
§ 91.525 - Carriage of cargo.
§ 91.527 - Operating in icing conditions.
§ 91.529 - Flight engineer requirements.
§ 91.531 - Second in command requirements.
§ 91.533 - Flight attendant requirements.
§ 91.535 - Stowage of food, beverage, and passenger service equipment during aircraft movement on the surface, takeoff, and landing.
§§ 91.536--91.599 - [Reserved]
Subpart G - Additional Equipment and Operating Requirements for Large and Transport Category Aircraft
§ 91.601 - Applicability.
§ 91.603 - Aural speed warning device.
§ 91.605 - Transport category civil airplane weight limitations.
§ 91.607 - Emergency exits for airplanes carrying passengers for hire.
§ 91.609 - Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders.
§ 91.611 - Authorization for ferry flight with one engine inoperative.
§ 91.613 - Materials for compartment interiors.
§§ 91.615--91.699 - [Reserved]
Subpart H - Foreign Aircraft Operations and Operations of U.S.-Registered Civil Aircraft Outside of the United States; and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft
§ 91.701 - Applicability.
§ 91.702 - Persons on board.
§ 91.703 - Operations of civil aircraft of U.S. registry outside of the United States.
§ 91.705 - [Reserved]
§ 91.706 - Operations within airspace designed as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace.
§ 91.707 - Flights between Mexico or Canada and the United States.
§ 91.709 - Operations to Cuba.
§ 91.711 - Special rules for foreign civil aircraft.
§ 91.713 - Operation of civil aircraft of Cuban registry.
§ 91.715 - Special flight authorizations for foreign civil aircraft.
§§ 91.717--91.799 - [Reserved]
Subpart I - Operating Noise Limits
§ 91.801 - Applicability: Relation to part 36.
§ 91.803 - Part 125 operators: Designation of applicable regulations.
§ 91.805 - Final compliance: Subsonic airplanes.
§ 91.807 - Phased compliance under parts 121, 125, and 135: Subsonic airplanes.
§ 91.809 - Replacement airplanes.
§ 91.811 - Service to small communities exemption: Two-engine, subsonic airplanes.
§ 91.813 - Compliance plans and status: U.S. operations of subsonic airplanes.
§ 91.815 - Agricultural and fire fighting airplanes: Noise operating limitations.
§ 91.817 - Civil aircraft sonic boom.
§ 91.818 - xxx
§ 91.819 - Civil supersonic airplanes that do not comply with part 36.
§ 91.821 - Civil supersonic airplanes: Noise limits.
§ 91.851 - Definitions.
§ 91.853 - Final compliance: Civil subsonic airplanes.
§ 91.855 - Entry and nonaddition rule.
§ 91.857 - Stage 2 operations outside of the 48 contiguous United States.
§ 91.858 - Special flight authorizations for non-revenue Stage 2 operations.
§ 91.859 - Modification to meet Stage 3, Stage 4, or Stage 5 noise levels.
§ 91.861 - Base level.
§ 91.863 - Transfers of Stage 2 airplanes with base level.
§ 91.865 - Phased compliance for operators with base level.
§ 91.867 - Phased compliance for new entrants.
§ 91.869 - Carry-forward compliance.
§ 91.871 - Waivers from interim compliance requirements.
§ 91.873 - Waivers from final compliance.
§ 91.875 - Annual progress reports.
§ 91.877 - Annual reporting of Hawaiian operations.
§ 91.881 - Final compliance: Civil subsonic jet airplanes weighing 75,000 pounds or less.
§ 91.883 - Special flight authorizations for jet airplanes weighing 75,000 pounds or less.
§§ 91.823--91.849 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.884--91.899 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.807--91.813 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.879--91.880 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.879--91.899 - [Reserved]
Subpart J - Waivers
§ 91.901 - [Reserved]
§ 91.903 - Policy and procedures.
§ 91.905 - List of rules subject to waivers.
Appendixes to Part 91 - [Reserved]
§§ 91.907--91.999 - [Reserved]
Subpart K - Fractional Ownership Operations
§ 91.1001 - Applicability.
§ 91.1002 - Compliance date.
§ 91.1003 - Management contract between owner and program manager.
§ 91.1005 - Prohibitions and limitations.
§ 91.1007 - Flights conducted under part 121 or part 135 of this chapter.
Program Management
§ 91.1014 - Issuing or denying management specifications.
§ 91.1015 - Management specifications.
§ 91.1017 - Amending program manager's management specifications.
§ 91.1019 - Conducting tests and inspections.
§ 91.1021 - Internal safety reporting and incident/accident response.
§ 91.1023 - Program operating manual requirements.
§ 91.1025 - Program operating manual contents.
§ 91.1027 - Recordkeeping.
§ 91.1029 - Flight scheduling and locating requirements.
§ 91.1031 - Pilot in command or second in command: Designation required.
§ 91.1033 - Operating information required.
§ 91.1035 - Passenger awareness.
§ 91.1037 - Large transport category airplanes: Turbine engine powered; Limitations; Destination and alternate airports.
§ 91.1039 - IFR takeoff, approach and landing minimums.
§ 91.1041 - Aircraft proving and validation tests.
§ 91.1043 - [Reserved]
§ 91.1045 - Additional equipment requirements.
§ 91.1047 - Drug and alcohol misuse education program.
§ 91.1049 - Personnel.
§ 91.1050 - Employment of former FAA employees.
§ 91.1051 - Pilot safety background check.
§ 91.1053 - Crewmember experience.
§ 91.1055 - Pilot operating limitations and pairing requirement.
§ 91.1057 - Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers.
§ 91.1059 - Flight time limitations and rest requirements: One or two pilot crews.
§ 91.1061 - Augmented flight crews.
§ 91.1062 - Duty periods and rest requirements: Flight attendants.
§ 91.1063 - Testing and training: Applicability and terms used.
§ 91.1065 - Initial and recurrent pilot testing requirements.
§ 91.1067 - Initial and recurrent flight attendant crewmember testing requirements.
§ 91.1069 - Flight crew: Instrument proficiency check requirements.
§ 91.1071 - Crewmember: Tests and checks, grace provisions, training to accepted standards.
§ 91.1073 - Training program: General.
§ 91.1075 - Training program: Special rules.
§ 91.1077 - Training program and revision: Initial and final approval.
§ 91.1079 - Training program: Curriculum.
§ 91.1081 - Crewmember training requirements.
§ 91.1083 - Crewmember emergency training.
§ 91.1085 - Hazardous materials recognition training.
§ 91.1087 - Approval of aircraft simulators and other training devices.
§ 91.1089 - Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator).
§ 91.1091 - Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator).
§ 91.1093 - Initial and transition training and checking: Check pilots (aircraft), check pilots (simulator).
§ 91.1095 - Initial and transition training and checking: Flight instructors (aircraft), flight instructors (simulator).
§ 91.1097 - Pilot and flight attendant crewmember training programs.
§ 91.1099 - Crewmember initial and recurrent training requirements.
§ 91.1101 - Pilots: Initial, transition, and upgrade ground training.
§ 91.1103 - Pilots: Initial, transition, upgrade, requalification, and differences flight training.
§ 91.1105 - Flight attendants: Initial and transition ground training.
§ 91.1107 - Recurrent training.
§ 91.1109 - Aircraft maintenance: Inspection program.
§ 91.1111 - Maintenance training.
§ 91.1113 - Maintenance recordkeeping.
§ 91.1115 - Inoperable instruments and equipment.
§ 91.1411 - Continuous airworthiness maintenance program use by fractional ownership program manager.
§ 91.1413 - CAMP: Responsibility for airworthiness.
§ 91.1415 - CAMP: Mechanical reliability reports.
§ 91.1417 - CAMP: Mechanical interruption summary report.
§ 91.1423 - CAMP: Maintenance organization.
§ 91.1425 - CAMP: Maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alteration programs.
§ 91.1427 - CAMP: Manual requirements.
§ 91.1429 - CAMP: Required inspection personnel.
§ 91.1431 - CAMP: Continuing analysis and surveillance.
§ 91.1433 - CAMP: Maintenance and preventive maintenance training program.
§ 91.1435 - CAMP: Certificate requirements.
§ 91.1437 - CAMP: Authority to perform and approve maintenance.
§ 91.1439 - CAMP: Maintenance recording requirements.
§ 91.1441 - CAMP: Transfer of maintenance records.
§ 91.1443 - CAMP: Airworthiness release or aircraft maintenance log entry.
Operational Control
§ 91.1009 - Clarification of operational control.
§ 91.1011 - Operational control responsibilities and delegation.
§ 91.1013 - Operational control briefing and acknowledgment.
Subpart L - Continued Airworthiness and Safety Improvements
§ 91.1501 - Purpose and definition.
§ 91.1503 - [Reserved]
§ 91.1505 - Repairs assessment for pressurized fuselages.
§ 91.1507 - Fuel tank system inspection program.
Subpart M - Special Federal Aviation Regulations
§ 91.1603 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 112 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Libya.
§ 91.1605 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 77—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Baghdad Flight Information Region (FIR) (ORBB).
§ 91.1607 - [Reserved]
§ 91.1609 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 114—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Damascus Flight Information Region (FIR) (OSTT).
§ 91.1611 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 115—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in Specified Areas of the Sanaa Flight Information Region (FIR) (OYSC).
§ 91.1613 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 107—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Somalia.
§ 91.1615 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 79—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) (ZKKP).
§ 91.1617 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 117—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Tehran Flight Information Region (FIR) (OIIX).
§ 91.1619 - Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 119—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Kabul Flight Information Region (FIR) (OAKX).
Subpart N - Mitsubishi MU-2B Series Special Training, Experience, and Operating Requirements
§ 91.1701 - Applicability.
§ 91.1703 - Compliance and eligibility.
§ 91.1705 - Required pilot training.
§ 91.1707 - Training program hours.
§ 91.1709 - Training program approval.
§ 91.1711 - Aeronautical experience.
§ 91.1713 - Instruction, checking, and evaluation.
§ 91.1715 - Currency requirements and flight review.
§ 91.1717 - Operating requirements.
§ 91.1719 - Credit for prior training.
§ 91.1721 - Incorporation by reference.
SFAR NO. 91 - AIRCRAFT SECURITY UNDER GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES
SFAR NO. 94 - Enhanced Security Procedures for Operations at Certain Airports in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 51-1 - Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of Los Angeles International Airport
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 65-1 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Between the United States and Libya
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 118-1 - Relief for Certain Persons During the National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 50-2 - Special Flight Rules in the Vicinity of the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 61-2 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Between the United States and Iraq
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 66-2 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights between the United States and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 118-2 - Relief for Certain Persons During the National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 60 - Air Traffic Control System Emergency Operation
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 62 - Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations from the Transponder with Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability Requirement
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 64 - Special Flight Authorizations for Noise Restricted Aircraft
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 67 - Prohibition Against Cetrain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 71 - Special Operating Rules for Air Tour Operators in the State of Hawaii
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 77 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Iraq
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 78 - Special Operating Rules for Commercial Air Tour Operators in the Vicinity of the Rocky Mountain National Park
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 79 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Flight Information Region (FIR) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 87 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Ethiopia
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 97 - Special Operating Rules for the Conduct of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Area Navigation (RNAV) Operations using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in Alaska
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 104 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights by Syrian Air Carriers to the United States
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 107 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Somalia
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 108 - Mitsubishi MU-2B Series Special Training, Experience, and Operating Requirements
Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 118 - Relief for Certain Persons During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak
Appendixes B - C [Reserved]
Appendix A to Part 91 - Category II Operations: Manual, Instruments, Equipment, and Maintenance
Appendix B to Part 91 - Authorizations To Exceed Mach 1 (§ 91.817)
Appendix C to Part 91 - [Reserved]
Appendix D to Part 91 - Airports/Locations: Special Operating Restrictions
Appendix E to Part 91 - Airplane Flight Recorder Specifications
Appendix F to Part 91 - Helicopter Flight Recorder Specifications
Appendix G to Part 91 - Operations in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) Airspace
Special Federal AviationRegulation No. 90 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan