Section 110.2

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

(ii) Operations solely within the 48
contiguous States of the United States
or the District of Columbia; or
(iii) Operations entirely within any
State, territory, or possession of the
United States; or
(iv) When specifically authorized by
the Administrator, operations between
any point within the 48 contiguous
States of the United States or the District of Columbia and any specifically
authorized point located outside the 48
contiguous States of the United States
or the District of Columbia.
Empty weight means the weight of the
airframe, engines, propellers, rotors,
and fixed equipment. Empty weight excludes the weight of the crew and payload, but includes the weight of all
fixed ballast, unusable fuel supply, undrainable oil, total quantity of engine
coolant, and total quantity of hydraulic fluid.
Flag operation means any scheduled
operation conducted by any person operating any airplane described in paragraph (1) of this definition at the locations described in paragraph (2) of this
definition:
(1) Airplanes:
(i) Turbojet-powered airplanes;
(ii) Airplanes having a passenger-seat
configuration of more than 9 passenger
seats, excluding each crewmember
seat; or
(iii) Airplanes having a payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds.
(2) Locations:
(i) Between any point within the
State of Alaska or the State of Hawaii
or any territory or possession of the
United States and any point outside
the State of Alaska or the State of Hawaii or any territory or possession of
the United States, respectively; or
(ii) Between any point within the 48
contiguous States of the United States
or the District of Columbia and any
point outside the 48 contiguous States
of the United States and the District of
Columbia.
(iii) Between any point outside the
U.S. and another point outside the U.S.
Justifiable aircraft equipment means
any equipment necessary for the operation of the aircraft. It does not include equipment or ballast specifically
installed, permanently or otherwise,
for the purpose of altering the empty

weight of an aircraft to meet the maximum payload capacity.
Kind of operation means one of the
various operations a certificate holder
is authorized to conduct, as specified in
its operations specifications, i.e., domestic, flag, supplemental, commuter,
or on-demand operations.
Maximum payload capacity means:
(1) For an aircraft for which a maximum zero fuel weight is prescribed in
FAA technical specifications, the maximum zero fuel weight, less empty
weight, less all justifiable aircraft
equipment, and less the operating load
(consisting of minimum flightcrew,
foods and beverages, and supplies and
equipment related to foods and beverages, but not including disposable
fuel or oil).
(2) For all other aircraft, the maximum certificated takeoff weight of an
aircraft, less the empty weight, less all
justifiable aircraft equipment, and less
the operating load (consisting of minimum fuel load, oil, and flightcrew).
The allowance for the weight of the
crew, oil, and fuel is as follows:
(i) Crew - for each crewmember required by the Federal Aviation Regulations - 
(A) For male flightcrew members - 
180 pounds.
(B) For female flightcrew members - 
140 pounds.
(C) For male flight attendants - 180
pounds.
(D) For female flight attendants - 130
pounds.
(E) For flight attendants not identified by gender - 140 pounds.
(ii) Oil - 350 pounds or the oil capacity as specified on the Type Certificate
Data Sheet.
(iii) Fuel - the minimum weight of
fuel required by the applicable Federal
Aviation Regulations for a flight between domestic points 174 nautical
miles apart under VFR weather conditions that does not involve extended
overwater operations.
Maximum zero fuel weight means the
maximum permissible weight of an aircraft with no disposable fuel or oil. The
zero fuel weight figure may be found in
either the aircraft type certificate data
sheet, the approved Aircraft Flight
Manual, or both.

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