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The Federal Aviation Regulations, or FARs, are rules Part 29 Airworthiness Standards: Transport Cat-
prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) egory Rotorcraft
governing all aviation activities in the United States. The
FARs are part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regu- Part 33 Airworthiness Standards: Aircraft Engines
lations (CFR). A wide variety of activities are regulated, Part 34 Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emission Re-
such as aircraft design and maintenance, typical airline quirements for Turbine Engine Powered Airplanes
ights, pilot training activities, hot-air ballooning, lighter-
than-air aircraft, man-made structure heights, obstruction Part 35 Airworthiness Standards: Propellers
lighting and marking, and even model rocket launches,
model aircraft operation, and kite ying. The rules are Part 39 Airworthiness Directives
designed to promote safe aviation, protecting pilots, ight Part 43 Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance,
attendants, passengers and the general public from unnec- Rebuilding, and Alteration
essary risk. Since 1958, these rules have typically been
referred to as FARs, short for Federal Aviation Regu- Part 45 Identication and Registration Marking
lations. However, another set of regulations (Title 48) is
titled Federal Acquisitions Regulations, and this has led Part 47 Aircraft Registration
to confusion with the use of the acronym FAR. There- Part 61 Certication: Pilots, Flight Instructors,
fore, the FAA began to refer to specic regulations by the and Ground Instructors
term 14 CFR part XX.[1]
Part 65 Certication: Airmen Other Than Flight
Crewmembers
1 Organization Part 67 Medical Standards and Certication
The FARs are organized into sections, called parts due to Part 71 Designation of Class A, Class B, Class
their organization within the CFR. Each part deals with C, Class D, and Class E Airspace Areas; Airways;
a specic type of activity. For example, 14 CFR Part Routes; and Reporting Points
141 contains rules for pilot training schools. The sec-
Part 73 Special Use Airspace
tions most relevant to aircraft pilots and AMTs (Avia-
tion Maintenance Technicians) are listed below. Many of Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
the FARs are designed to regulate certication of pilots,
schools, or aircraft rather than the operation of airplanes. Part 97 Standard Instrument Approach Procedures
Once an airplane design is certied using some parts of
Part 101 Moored Balloons, Kites, Unmanned
these regulations, it is certied regardless of whether the
Rockets and Unmanned Free Balloons
regulations change in the future. For that reason, newer
planes are certied using newer versions of the FARs, and Part 103 Ultralight Vehicles
in many aspects may be thus considered safer designs.
Part 105 Parachute Operations
Part 1 Denitions and Abbreviations Part 119 Certication: Air Carriers and Commer-
Part 13 Investigation and Enforcement Procedures cial Operators
Part 21 Certication Procedures for Products and Part 121 Operating Requirements: Domestic,
Parts Flag, and Supplemental Operations
Part 23 Airworthiness Standards: Normal, Utility, Part 125 Certication and Operations: Airplanes
Acrobatic and Commuter Airplanes Having a Seating Capacity of 20 or More Passengers
or a Payload Capacity of 6,000 Pounds or More
Part 25 Airworthiness Standards: Transport Cat-
egory Airplanes Part 129 is a foreign carrier or operator of U.S.
Aircraft
Part 27 Airworthiness Standards: Normal Cate-
gory Rotorcraft Part 133 Rotorcraft External-Load Operations
1
2 2 REGULATIONS OF INTEREST
Part 135 Operating Requirements: Commuter and Most of the Federal Aviation Regulations, including Part
On Demand Operations and Rules Governing Per- 23, commenced on February 1, 1965. Prior to that date,
sons on Board Such Aircraft airworthiness standards for airplanes in the normal, util-
ity and acrobatic categories were promulgated in Part 3
Part 136 Commercial Air Tours and National
of the US Civil Air Regulations. Many well-known types
Parks Air Tour Management
of light airplane are type certicated to CAR Part 3, even
Part 137 Agricultural Aircraft Operations though they remained in production after 1965. For ex-
ample, the Cessna 150 and Piper Cherokee are type cer-
Part 139 Certication of Airports ticated to CAR Part 3.
Part 141 Flight Schools
Part 142 Training Centers
2.2 Part 25
Part 145 Repair Stations
This part contains airworthiness standards for airplanes in
Part 147 Aviation Maintenance Technicians the transport category.
Schools
Transport category airplanes are either:
Part 183 Representatives of The Administrator
aviation are far more intensive than those for general avi- Safety pilot
ation, and specic training is required. Hence, ights are
often referred to as Part XX operations, to specify which Special ight rules area
one of the dierent sets of rules applies in a particular Special use airspace
case. Also, ight schools will often designate themselves
as Part 61 or Part 141 to distinguish between dierent Transport category
levels of training and dierent study programs they could
oer to the students.
Part 61 is certication for private pilots, ight instructors, 4 References
and ground instructors.
[1] Overview Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Part 91 is general operating rules for all aircraft. Gen-
(14 CFR)" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Adminis-
eral aviation ights are conducted under this part. Part tration. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
91, Subpart (K) prescribes operating rules for fractional
ownership programs. [2] FAA AC 91-63C Temporary Flight Restrictions
(TFRs/TFR)". Faa.gov. 2004-05-20. Retrieved 2012-
Part 117 deals with ight and duty-time limitations and 09-16.
rest requirements for ightcrew members.
[3] Michael W. Brown (NovemberDecember 2003). TFR:
Part 121 is scheduled air carrier (airliners).
Airspace Obstacles and TFR Trivia. A Pilots Guide to
Part 133 is external load (helicopter) operations. Understanding Restrictions in Todays National Airspace
System (PDF). Retrieved 2011-05-05.
Part 135 is a set of rules with more stringent standards
for commuter and on-demand operations. [4] No TFRs for Kerry campaign. Aircraft Owners and Pi-
lots Association Online. 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2008-
Part 141 is a more structured method for pilot training,
08-23.
based on FAA syllabus and other standards.
[5] Temporary ight restrictions: President Bush travels to
Part 145 contains the rules a certicated repair station
Rhode Island Archived May 23, 2013, at the Wayback
must follow as well as any person who holds, or is required
Machine.
to hold, a repair station certicate issued under this part.
[6] Thurber, Matt (2003-02-01). Meet Big Brother. Avi-
ation Maintenance. Access Intelligence, LLC. Retrieved
2.7 Maintenance 2008-08-23.
Part 21 is certication procedures for products and parts. [7] James Williams. We're on a Mission: Taking the Mys-
tery Out of Temporary Flight Restrictions (PDF). FAA
Part 39 are airworthiness directives. Safety Brieng (May/June 2011) (FAA). pp. 1618. Re-
trieved 2011-05-05.
Part 43 is maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuild-
ing, and alteration. [8] Federal Aviation Regulation Sec. 91.185 IFR oper-
Part 63 is certication for ight crewmembers other than ations: Two-way radio communications failure.. Risin-
gup.com. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
pilots.
Part 65 is certication for airmen other than ight
crewmembers. 5 External links
Code of Federal Regulations
3 See also
Federal Aviation Administrations repository of
Airspace FARs and SFARs
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