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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 136.1 

with this appendix for any airplane until Au-
gust 13, 2008. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–6717, 72 FR 1885, Jan. 16, 
2007, as amended by Amdt. 135–108, 72 FR 
7348, Feb. 15, 2007; 72 FR 26542, May 10, 2007; 
Amdt. 135–112, 73 FR 8798, Feb. 15, 2008; Amdt. 
135–115, 73 FR 33882, June 16, 2008; Docket 
FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 135–139, 83 FR 9175, 
Mar. 5, 2018] 

PART 136—COMMERCIAL AIR 

TOURS AND NATIONAL PARKS 
AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT 

Subpart A—National Air Tour Safety 

Standards 

Sec. 
136.1

Applicability and definitions. 

136.3

Letters of Authorization. 

136.5

Additional requirements for Hawaii. 

136.7

Passenger briefings. 

136.9

Life preservers for over water. 

136.11

Helicopter floats for over water. 

136.13

Helicopter performance plan and op-

erations. 

136.15–136.29

[Reserved] 

Subpart B—National Parks Air Tour 

Management 

136.31

Applicability. 

136.33

Definitions. 

136.35

Prohibition of commercial air tour 

operations over the Rocky Mountain Na-
tional Park. 

136.37

Overflights of national parks and 

tribal lands. 

136.39

Air tour management plans (ATMP). 

136.41

Interim operating authority. 

136.43–136.49

[Reserved] 

Subpart C—Grand Canyon National Park 

136.51–136.69

[Reserved] 

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: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 40119, 

44101, 44701, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709–44711, 
44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 44901, 44903–44904, 
44912, 46105. 

S

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: Docket No. FAA–2001–8690, 67 FR 

65667, Oct. 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—National Air Tour 

Safety Standards 

S

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: Docket No. FAA–1998–4521, 72 FR 

6912, Feb. 13, 2007, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 136.1

Applicability and definitions. 

(a) This subpart applies to each per-

son operating or intending to operate a 
commercial air tour in an airplane or 
helicopter and, when applicable, to all 
occupants of the airplane or helicopter 
engaged in a commercial air tour. 
When any requirement of this subpart 
is more stringent than any other re-
quirement of this chapter, the person 
operating the commercial air tour 
must comply with the requirement in 
this subpart. 

(b) As of September 11, 2007, this sub-

part is applicable to: 

(1) Part 121 or 135 operators con-

ducting a commercial air tour and 
holding a part 119 certificate; 

(2) Part 91 operators conducting 

flights as described in § 119.1(e)(2); and 

(3) Part 91 operators conducting 

flights as described in 14 CFR 91.146 

(c) This subpart is not applicable to 

operations conducted in balloons, glid-
ers (powered or un-powered), para-
chutes (powered or un-powered), gyro-
planes, or airships. 

(d) For the purposes of this subpart 

the following definitions apply: 

Commercial Air Tour 

means a flight 

conducted for compensation or hire in 
an airplane or helicopter where a pur-
pose of the flight is sightseeing. The 
FAA may consider the following fac-
tors in determining whether a flight is 
a commercial air tour for purposes of 
this subpart: 

(1) Whether there was a holding out 

to the public of willingness to conduct 
a sightseeing flight for compensation 
or hire; 

(2) Whether the person offering the 

flight provided a narrative that re-
ferred to areas or points of interest on 
the surface below the route of the 
flight; 

(3) The area of operation; 
(4) How often the person offering the 

flight conducts such flights; 

(5) The route of the flight; 
(6) The inclusion of sightseeing 

flights as part of any travel arrange-
ment package; 

(7) Whether the flight in question 

would have been canceled based on 
poor visibility of the surface below the 
route of the flight; and 

(8) Any other factors that the FAA 

considers appropriate. 

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