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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition)
§ 99.1
99.15
Position reports.
99.17
Deviation from flight plans and ATC
clearances and instructions.
99.19–99.31
[Reserved]
Subpart B—Designated Air Defense
Identification Zones
99.41
General.
99.43
Contiguous U.S. ADIZ.
99.45
Alaska ADIZ.
99.47
Guam ADIZ.
99.49
Hawaii ADIZ.
A
UTHORITY
: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40101, 40103,
40106, 40113, 40120, 44502, 44721.
S
OURCE
: Docket No. 25113, 53 FR 18217, May
20, 1988, unless otherwise noted.
Subpart A—General
§ 99.1
Applicability.
(a) This subpart prescribes rules for
operating all aircraft (except for De-
partment of Defense and law enforce-
ment aircraft) in a defense area, or
into, within, or out of the United
States through an Air Defense Identi-
fication Zone (ADIZ) designated in sub-
part B.
(b) Except for §§ 99.7, 99.13, and 99.15
this subpart does not apply to the oper-
ation of any aircraft-
(1) Within the 48 contiguous States
and the District of Columbia, or within
the State of Alaska, on a flight which
remains within 10 nautical miles of the
point of departure;
(2) Operating at true airspeed of less
than 180 knots in the Hawaii ADIZ or
over any island, or within 12 nautical
miles of the coastline of any island, in
the Hawaii ADIZ;
(3) Operating at true airspeed of less
than 180 knots in the Alaska ADIZ
while the pilot maintains a continuous
listening watch on the appropriate fre-
quency; or
(4) Operating at true airspeed of less
than 180 knots in the Guam ADIZ.
(c) An FAA ATC center may exempt
the following operations from this sub-
part (except § 99.7) on a local basis only,
with the concurrence of the U.S. mili-
tary commanders concerned, or pursu-
ant to an agreement with a U.S. Fed-
eral security or intelligence agency:
(1) Aircraft operations that are con-
ducted wholly within the boundaries of
an ADIZ and are not currently signifi-
cant to the air defense system.
(2) Aircraft operations conducted in
accordance with special procedures
prescribed by a U.S. military author-
ity, or a U.S. Federal security or intel-
ligence agency concerned.
[Doc. No. 25113, 53 FR 18217, May 20, 1988, as
amended by Amdt. 99–14, 53 FR 44182, Nov. 2,
1988; 66 FR 49822, Sept. 28, 2001; 69 FR 16755,
Mar. 30, 2004]
§ 99.3
Definitions.
Aeronautical facility
means, for the
purposes of this subpart, a communica-
tions facility where flight plans or po-
sition reports are normally filed during
flight operations.
Air defense identification zone
(ADIZ)
means an area of airspace over land or
water in which the ready identifica-
tion, location, and control of all air-
craft (except for Department of De-
fense and law enforcement aircraft) is
required in the interest of national se-
curity.
Defense area
means any airspace of
the contiguous United States that is
not an ADIZ in which the control of
aircraft is required for reasons of na-
tional security.
Defense visual flight rules
(DVFR)
means, for the purposes of this subpart,
a flight within an ADIZ conducted by
any aircraft (except for Department of
Defense and law enforcement aircraft)
in accordance with visual flight rules
in part 91 of this title.
[Doc. No. FAA–2001–10693, 66 FR 49822, Sept.
28, 2001, as amended at 69 FR 16755, Mar. 30,
2004]
§ 99.5
Emergency situations.
In an emergency that requires imme-
diate decision and action for the safety
of the flight, the pilot in command of
an aircraft may deviate from the rules
in this part to the extent required by
that emergency. He shall report the
reasons for the deviation to the com-
munications facility where flight plans
or position reports are normally filed
(referred to in this part as ‘‘an appro-
priate aeronautical facility’’) as soon
as possible.
§ 99.7
Special security instructions.
Each person operating an aircraft in
an ADIZ or Defense Area must, in addi-
tion to the applicable rules of this part,
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