Volume: 2Date: 2024-01-01Original Date: 2024-01-01Title: Section 101.13 - Operating limitations.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED). SUBCHAPTER F - AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES. PART 101 - MOORED BALLOONS, KITES, AMATEUR ROCKETS, AND UNMANNED FREE BALLOONS. Subpart B - Moored Balloons and Kites.
§ 101.13Operating limitations.(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may operate a moored balloon or kite—
(1) Less than 500 feet from the base of any cloud;
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(2) More than 500 feet above the surface of the earth;(3) From an area where the ground visibility is less than three miles; or(4) Within five miles of the boundary of any airport.(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to the operation of a balloon or kite below the top of any structure and within 250 feet of it, if that shielded operation does not obscure any lighting on the structure.