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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 91.151 

(10) Each flight is conducted in ac-

cordance with the safety provisions of 
part 136, subpart A of this chapter; and 

(11) Flights are not conducted over a 

national park, unit of a national park, 
or abutting tribal lands, unless the op-
erator has secured a letter of agree-
ment from the FAA, as specified under 
subpart B of part 136 of this chapter, 
and is operating in accordance with 
that agreement during the flights. 

(c) (1) Passenger-carrying flights or 

series of flights are limited to a total 
of four charitable events or non-profit 
events per year, with no event lasting 
more than three consecutive days. 

(2) Passenger-carrying flights or se-

ries of flights are limited to one com-
munity event per year, with no event 
lasting more than three consecutive 
days. 

(d) Pilots and sponsors of events de-

scribed in this section are limited to no 
more than 4 events per calendar year. 

(e) At least seven days before the 

event, each sponsor of an event de-
scribed in this section must furnish to 
the responsible Flight Standards office 
for the area where the event is sched-
uled: 

(1) A signed letter detailing the name 

of the sponsor, the purpose of the 
event, the date and time of the event, 
the location of the event, all prior 
events under this section participated 
in by the sponsor in the current cal-
endar year; 

(2) A photocopy of each pilot in com-

mand’s pilot certificate, medical cer-
tificate, and logbook entries that show 
the pilot is current in accordance with 
§§ 61.56 and 61.57 of this chapter and 
that any private pilot has at least 500 
hours of flight time; and 

(3) A signed statement from each 

pilot that lists all prior events under 
this section in which the pilot has par-
ticipated during the current calendar 
year. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1998–4521, 72 FR 6910, Feb. 13, 
2007, as amended by Amdt. 91–308, 74 FR 
32804, July 9, 2009; Docket FAA–2018–0119, 
Amdt. 91–350, 83 FR 9171, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 91.147

Passenger carrying flights for 

compensation or hire. 

Each Operator conducting passenger- 

carrying flights for compensation or 
hire must meet the following require-

ments unless all flights are conducted 
under § 91.146. 

(a) For the purposes of this section 

and for drug and alcohol testing, 

Oper-

ator 

means any person conducting non-

stop passenger-carrying flights in an 
airplane or helicopter for compensa-
tion or hire in accordance with 
§§ 119.1(e)(2), 135.1(a)(5), or 121.1(d), of 
this chapter that begin and end at the 
same airport and are conducted within 
a 25-statute mile radius of that airport. 

(b) An Operator must comply with 

the safety provisions of part 136, sub-
part A of this chapter, and apply for 
and receive a Letter of Authorization 
from the responsible Flight Standards 
office. 

(c) Each application for a Letter of 

Authorization must include the fol-
lowing information: 

(1) Name of Operator, agent, and any 

d/b/a (doing-business-as) under which 
that Operator does business; 

(2) Principal business address and 

mailing address; 

(3) Principal place of business (if dif-

ferent from business address); 

(4) Name of person responsible for 

management of the business; 

(5) Name of person responsible for 

aircraft maintenance; 

(6) Type of aircraft, registration 

number(s), and make/model/series; and 

(7) An Antidrug and Alcohol Misuse 

Prevention Program registration. 

(d) The Operator must register and 

implement its drug and alcohol testing 
programs in accordance with part 120 
of this chapter. 

(e) The Operator must comply with 

the provisions of the Letter of Author-
ization received. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1998–4521, 72 FR 6911, Feb. 13, 
2007, as amended by Amdt. 91–307, 74 FR 
22652, May 14, 2009; Amdt. 91–320, 76 FR 8893, 
Feb. 16, 2011; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
91–350, 83 FR 9171, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§§ 91.148–91.149

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§ 91.151

Fuel requirements for flight in 

VFR conditions. 

(a) No person may begin a flight in 

an airplane under VFR conditions un-
less (considering wind and forecast 
weather conditions) there is enough 
fuel to fly to the first point of intended 

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