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§ 93.177

Operations in the Special Air

Traffic Rule Area.

(a) Unless otherwise authorized by

Air Traffic Control (ATC), no person
may operate an aircraft in flight with-
in the Luke Terminal Area designated
in § 93.176 unless—

(1) Before operating within the Luke

Terminal area, that person establishes
radio contact with the Luke RAPCON;
and

(2) That person maintains two-way

radio communication with the Luke
RAPCON or an appropriate ATC facil-
ity while within the designated area.

(b) Requests for deviation from the

provisions of this section apply only to
aircraft not equipped with an oper-
ational radio. The request must be sub-
mitted at least 24 hours before the pro-
posed operation to Luke RAPCON.

Subparts P–R

[

Reserved

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Subpart S—Allocation of Com-

muter and Air Carrier IFR Op-
erations at High Density Traffic
Airports

OURCE

: Docket No. 24105, 50 FR 52195, Dec.

20, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

§ 93.211

Applicability.

(a) This subpart prescribes rules ap-

plicable to the allocation and with-
drawal of IFR operational authority
(takeoffs and landings) to individual
air carriers and commuter operators at
the High Density Traffic Airports iden-
tified in subpart K of this part except
for Newark Airport.

(b) This subpart also prescribes rules

concerning the transfer of allocated
IFR operational authority and the use
of that authority once allocated.

§ 93.213

Definitions and general provi-

sions.

(a) For purposes of this subpart—
(1)

New entrant carrier

means a com-

muter operator or air carrier which
does not hold a slot at a particular air-
port and has never sold or given up a

slot at that airport after December 16,
1985.

(2)

Slot

means the operational author-

ity to conduct one IFR landing or take-
off operation each day during a specific
hour or 30 minute period at one of the
High Density Traffic Airports, as speci-
fied in subpart K of this part.

(3)

Summer season

means the period of

time from the first Sunday in April
until the last Sunday in October.

(4)

Winter season

means the period of

time from the last Sunday in October
until the first Sunday in April.

(5)

Limited incumbent carrier

means an

air carrier or commuter operator that
holds or operates fewer than 12 air car-
rier or commuter slots, in any com-
bination, at a particular airport, not
including international slots, Essential
Air Service Program slots, or slots be-
tween the hours of 2200 and 0659 at
Washington National Airport or
LaGuardia Airport. However, for the
purposes of this paragraph (a)(5), the
carrier is considered to hold the num-
ber of slots at that airport that the
carrier has, since December 16, 1985:

(i) Returned to the FAA;
(ii) Had recalled by the FAA under

§ 93.227(a); or

(iii) Transferred to another party

other than by trade for one or more
slots at the same airport.

(b) The definitions specified in sub-

part K of this part also apply to this
subpart.

air carrier, commuter operator, or
other person has more than a 50-per-
cent ownership or control of one or
more other air carriers, commuter op-
erators, or other persons, they shall be
considered to be a single air carrier,
commuter operator, or person. In addi-
tion, if a single company has more
than a 50-percent ownership or control
of two or more air carriers and/or com-
muter operators or any combination
thereof, those air carriers and/or com-
muter operators shall be considered to
be a single operator. A single operator
may be considered to be both an air

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