Code of Federal Regulations - Title 14

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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 93.129

(5) Any reservation allocated to, but

not taken by, air carrier operations
(except commuters) is available for a
scheduled commuter operation.

(6) Any reservation allocated to, but

not taken by, air carrier operations
(except commuters) or scheduled com-
muter operations is available for other
operations.

cated to

air carriers except commuters, as

used in paragraph (a) of this section re-
fers to the number of operations con-
ducted by air carriers with turboprop
and reciprocating engine aircraft hav-
ing a certificated maximum passenger
seating capacity of 75 or more or with
turbojet powered aircraft having a cer-
tificated maximum passenger seating
capacity of 56 or more, or, if used for
cargo service in air transportation,
with any aircraft having a maximum
payload capacity of 18,000 pounds or
more.

(2) The number of operations allo-

cated to scheduled commuters, as used
in paragraph (a) of this section, refers
to the number of operations conducted
by air carriers with turboprop and re-
ciprocating engine aircraft having a
certificated maximum passenger seat-
ing capacity of less than 75 or by tur-
bojet aircraft having a certificated
maximum passenger seating capacity
of less than 56, or if used for cargo serv-
ice in air transportation, with any air-
craft having a maximum payload ca-
pacity of less than 18,000 pounds. For
purposes of aircraft operations at Ron-
ald Reagan Washington National Air-
port, the term ‘‘commuters’’ means
aircraft operations using aircraft hav-
ing a certificated maximum seating ca-
pacity of 76 or less.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of

paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a lim-
ited number of operations allocated for
‘‘scheduled commuters’’ under para-
graph (a) of this section may be con-
ducted with aircraft described in

§ 93.221(e) of this part pursuant to the
requirements of § 93.221(e).

[Doc. No. 9113, 34 FR 2603, Feb. 26, 1969, as
amended by Amdt. 93–37, 45 FR 62408, Sept.
18, 1980; Amdt. 93–44, 46 FR 58048, Nov. 27,
1981; Amdt. 93–46, 49 FR 8244, Mar. 6, 1984;
Amdt. 93–57, 54 FR 34906, Aug. 22, 1989; 54 FR
37303, Sept. 8, 1989; Amdt. 93–59, 54 FR 39843,
Sept. 28, 1989; Amdt. 93–62, 56 FR 41207, Aug.
19, 1991; Amdt. 93–78, 64 FR 53564, Oct. 1, 1999;
Amdt. 93–84, 70 FR 29063, May 19, 2005]

§ 93.125

Arrival or departure reserva-

tion.

Except between 12 Midnight and 6

a.m. local time, no person may operate
an aircraft to or from an airport des-
ignated as a high density traffic air-
port unless he has received, for that op-
eration, an arrival or departure res-
ervation from ATC.

[Doc. No. 9974, 37 FR 22794, Oct. 25, 1972]

§ 93.129

Additional operations.

(a)

IFR. The operator of an aircraft

may take off or land the aircraft under
IFR at a designated high density traf-
fic airport without regard to the max-
imum number of operations allocated
for that airport if the operation is not
a scheduled operation to or from a high
density airport and he obtains a depar-
ture or arrival reservation, as appro-
priate, from ATC. The reservation is
granted by ATC whenever the aircraft
may be accommodated without signifi-
cant additional delay to the operations
allocated for the airport for which the
reservations is requested.

(b)

VFR. The operator of an aircraft

may take off and land the aircraft
under VFR at a designated high den-
sity traffic airport without regard to
the maximum number of operations al-
located for that airport if the operation
is not a scheduled operation to or from
a high density airport and he obtains a
departure or arrival reservation, as ap-
propriate, from ATC. The reservation
is granted by ATC whenever the air-
craft may be accommodated without
significant additional delay to the op-
erations allocated for the airport for
which the reservation is requested and
the ceiling reported at the airport is at
least 1,000 feet and the ground visi-
bility reported at the airport is at least
3 miles.

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