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Pt. 117, Table C 

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117—F

LIGHT

D

UTY

P

ERIOD

: A

UGMENTED

O

PERATIONS

 

Scheduled time of start (acclimated time) 

Maximum flight duty period (hours) based on rest facility and 

number of pilots 

Class 1 

rest facility 

Class 2 

rest facility 

Class 3 

rest facility 

3 pilots 

4 pilots 

3 pilots 

4 pilots 

3 pilots 

4 pilots 

0000–0559 ....................................................................

15 

17 

14 

15.5 

13 

13.5 

0600–0659 ....................................................................

16 

18.5 

15 

16.5 

14 

14.5 

0700–1259 ....................................................................

17 

19 

16.5 

18 

15 

15.5 

1300–1659 ....................................................................

16 

18.5 

15 

16.5 

14 

14.5 

1700–2359 ....................................................................

15 

17 

14 

15.5 

13 

13.5 

PART 118 

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RESERVED

PART 119—CERTIFICATION: AIR 

CARRIERS AND COMMERCIAL 
OPERATORS 

Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
119.1

Applicability. 

119.3

[Reserved] 

119.5

Certifications, authorizations, and 

prohibitions. 

119.7

Operations specifications. 

119.8

Safety Management Systems. 

119.9

Use of business names. 

Subpart B—Applicability of Operating Re-

quirements to Different Kinds of Oper-
ations Under Parts 121, 125, and 135 of 
This Chapter 

119.21

Commercial operators engaged in 

intrastate common carriage and direct 
air carriers. 

119.23

Operators engaged in passenger-car-

rying operations, cargo operations, or 
both with airplanes or powered-lift when 
common carriage is not involved. 

119.25

Rotorcraft operations: Direct air car-

riers and commercial operators. 

Subpart C—Certification, Operations Spec-

ifications, and Certain Other Require-
ments for Operations Conducted 
Under Part 121 or Part 135 of This 
Chapter 

119.31

Applicability. 

119.33

General requirements. 

119.35

Certificate application requirements 

for all operators. 

119.36

Additional certificate application re-

quirements for commercial operators. 

119.37

Contents of an Air Carrier Certificate 

or Operating Certificate. 

119.39

Issuing or denying a certificate. 

119.41

Amending a certificate. 

119.43

Certificate holder’s duty to maintain 

operations specifications. 

119.45

[Reserved] 

119.47

Maintaining a principal base of oper-

ations, main operations base, and main 
maintenance base; change of address. 

119.49

Contents of operations specifications. 

119.51

Amending operations specifications. 

119.53

Wet leasing of aircraft and other ar-

rangements for transportation by air. 

119.55

Obtaining deviation authority to per-

form operations under a U.S. military 
contract. 

119.57

Obtaining deviation authority to per-

form an emergency operation. 

119.59

Conducting tests and inspections. 

119.61

Duration and surrender of certificate 

and operations specifications. 

119.63

Recency of operation. 

119.65

Management personnel required for 

operations conducted under part 121 of 
this chapter. 

119.67

Management personnel: Qualifica-

tions for operations conducted under 
part 121 of this chapter. 

119.69

Management personnel required for 

operations conducted under part 135 of 
this chapter. 

119.71

Management personnel: Qualifica-

tions for operations conducted under 
part 135 of this chapter. 

119.73

Employment of former FAA employ-

ees. 

A

UTHORITY

: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101, 

40102, 40103, 40113, 44105, 44106, 44111, 44701– 
44717, 44722, 44901, 44903, 44904, 44906, 44912, 
44914, 44936, 44938, 46103, 46105; sec. 215, Pub. 
L. 111–216, 124 Stat. 2348. 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 

20, 1995, unless otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—General 

§ 119.1 Applicability. 

(a) This part applies to each person 

operating or intending to operate civil 
aircraft— 

(1) As an air carrier or commercial 

operator, or both, in air commerce; or 

(2) When common carriage is not in-

volved, in operations of any U.S.-reg-
istered civil airplane or powered-lift 

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§ 119.1 

with a seat configuration of 20 or more 
passengers, or a maximum payload ca-
pacity of 6,000 pounds or more; or 

(3) When noncommon carriage is in-

volved, except as provided in § 91.501(b) 
of this chapter, or in private carriage 
for compensation or hire, in operations 
of any U.S.-registered civil airplane or 
powered-lift with a passenger-seat con-
figuration of less than 20 seats and a 
payload capacity of less than 6,000 
pounds. 

(b) This part prescribes— 
(1) The types of air operator certifi-

cates issued by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, including air carrier 
certificates and operating certificates; 

(2) The certification requirements an 

operator must meet in order to obtain 
and hold a certificate authorizing oper-
ations under part 121, 125, or 135 of this 
chapter and operations specifications 
for each kind of operation to be con-
ducted and each class and size of air-
craft to be operated under part 121 or 
135 of this chapter; 

(3) The requirements an operator 

must meet to conduct operations under 
part 121, 125, or 135 of this chapter and 
in operating each class and size of air-
craft authorized in its operations speci-
fications; 

(4) Requirements affecting wet leas-

ing of aircraft and other arrangements 
for transportation by air; 

(5) Requirements for obtaining devi-

ation authority to perform operations 
under a military contract and obtain-
ing deviation authority to perform an 
emergency operation; and 

(6) Requirements for management 

personnel for operations conducted 
under part 121 or part 135 of this chap-
ter. 

(c) Persons subject to this part must 

comply with the other requirements of 
this chapter, except where those re-
quirements are modified by or where 
additional requirements are imposed 
by part 119, 121, 125, or 135 of this chap-
ter. 

(d) This part does not govern oper-

ations conducted under part 91, subpart 
K (when common carriage is not in-
volved) nor does it govern operations 
conducted under part 129, 133, 137, or 
139 of this chapter. 

(e) Except for operations when com-

mon carriage is not involved conducted 

with any airplane or powered-lift hav-
ing a passenger-seat configuration of 20 
seats or more, excluding any required 
crewmember seat, or a payload capac-
ity of 6,000 pounds or more, this part 
does not apply to— 

(1) Student instruction; 
(2) Nonstop Commercial Air Tours 

that occur in an airplane, powered-lift, 
or rotorcraft having a standard air-
worthiness certificate and passenger- 
seat configuration of 30 seats or fewer 
and a maximum payload capacity of 
7,500 pounds or less that begin and end 
at the same airport, and are conducted 
within a 25-statute mile radius of that 
airport, in compliance with the Letter 
of Authorization issued under § 91.147 of 
this chapter. For nonstop Commercial 
Air Tours conducted in accordance 
with part 136, subpart B, of this chap-
ter, National Parks Air Tour Manage-
ment, the requirements of this part 
apply unless excepted in § 136.37(g)(2). 
For Nonstop Commercial Air Tours 
conducted in the vicinity of the Grand 
Canyon National Park, Arizona, the re-
quirements of SFAR 50–2, part 93, sub-
part U, of the chapter and this part, as 
applicable, apply. 

(3) Ferry or training flights; 
(4) Aerial work operations, includ-

ing— 

(i) Crop dusting, seeding, spraying, 

and bird chasing; 

(ii) Banner towing; 
(iii) Aerial photography or survey; 
(iv) Fire fighting; 
(v) Powered-lift or rotorcraft oper-

ations in construction or repair work 
(but part 119 of this chapter does apply 
to transportation to and from the site 
of operations); and 

(vi) Powerline or pipeline patrol; 
(5) Sightseeing flights conducted in 

hot air balloons or gliders; 

(6) Nonstop flights conducted within 

a 25-statute-mile radius of the airport 
of takeoff carrying persons or objects 
for the purpose of conducting inten-
tional parachute operations. 

(7) Powered-lift or rotorcraft flights 

conducted within a 25 statute mile ra-
dius of the airport of takeoff if— 

(i) Not more than two passengers are 

carried in the aircraft in addition to 
the required flightcrew; 

(ii) Each flight is made under day 

VFR conditions; 

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(iii) The aircraft used is certificated 

in the standard category and complies 
with the 100-hour inspection require-
ments of part 91 of this chapter; 

(iv) The operator notifies the respon-

sible Flight Standards office at least 72 
hours before each flight and furnishes 
any essential information that the of-
fice requests; 

(v) The number of flights does not ex-

ceed a total of six in any calendar year; 

(vi) Each flight has been approved by 

the Administrator; and 

(vii) Cargo is not carried in or on the 

aircraft; 

(8) Operations conducted under part 

133 of this chapter or 375 of this title; 

(9) Emergency mail service con-

ducted under 49 U.S.C. 41906; 

(10) Operations conducted under the 

provisions of § 91.321 of this chapter; or 

(11) Small UAS operations conducted 

under part 107 of this chapter. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as 
amended by Amdt. 119–4, 66 FR 23557, May 9, 
2001; Amdt. 119–5, 67 FR 9554, Mar. 1, 2002; 
Amdt. 119–7, 68 FR 54584, Sept. 17, 2003; 72 FR 
6911, Feb. 13, 2007; Docket FAA–2015–0150, 
Amdt. 119–18, 81 FR 42214, June 28, 2016; 
Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 119–19, 83 FR 
9172, Mar. 5, 2018; Docket No. FAA–2022–1563; 
Amdt. No. 119–20, 88 FR 48088, July 26, 2023] 

§ 119.3 [Reserved] 

§ 119.5 Certifications, authorizations, 

and prohibitions. 

(a) A person authorized by the Ad-

ministrator to conduct operations as a 
direct air carrier will be issued an Air 
Carrier Certificate. 

(b) A person not authorized to con-

duct direct air carrier operations, but 
authorized by the Administrator to 
conduct operations as a U.S. commer-
cial operator, will be issued an Oper-
ating Certificate. 

(c) A person not authorized to con-

duct direct air carrier operations, but 
authorized by the Administrator to 
conduct operations when common car-
riage is not involved as an operator of 
any U.S.-registered civil airplane or 
powered-lift with a seat configuration 
of 20 or more passengers, or a max-
imum payload capacity of 6,000 pounds 
or more, will be issued an Operating 
Certificate. 

(d) A person authorized to engage in 

common carriage under part 121 or part 

135 of this chapter, or both, shall be 
issued only one certificate authorizing 
such common carriage, regardless of 
the kind of operation or the class or 
size of aircraft to be operated. 

(e) A person authorized to engage in 

noncommon or private carriage under 
part 125 or part 135 of this chapter, or 
both, shall be issued only one certifi-
cate authorizing such carriage, regard-
less of the kind of operation or the 
class or size of aircraft to be operated. 

(f) A person conducting operations 

under more than one paragraph of 
§§ 119.21, 119.23, or 119.25 shall conduct 
those operations in compliance with— 

(1) The requirements specified in 

each paragraph of those sections for 
the kind of operation conducted under 
that paragraph; and 

(2) The appropriate authorizations, 

limitations, and procedures specified in 
the operations specifications for each 
kind of operation. 

(g) No person may operate as a direct 

air carrier or as a commercial operator 
without, or in violation of, an appro-
priate certificate and appropriate oper-
ations specifications. No person may 
operate as a direct air carrier or as a 
commercial operator in violation of 
any deviation or exemption authority, 
if issued to that person or that person’s 
representative. 

(h) A person holding an Operating 

Certificate authorizing noncommon or 
private carriage operations shall not 
conduct any operations in common car-
riage. A person holding an Air Carrier 
Certificate or Operating Certificate au-
thorizing common carriage operations 
shall not conduct any operations in 
noncommon carriage. 

(i) No person may operate as a direct 

air carrier without holding appropriate 
economic authority from the Depart-
ment of Transportation. 

(j) A certificate holder under this 

part may not operate aircraft under 
part 121 or part 135 of this chapter in a 
geographical area unless its operations 
specifications specifically authorize 
the certificate holder to operate in 
that area. 

(k) No person may advertise or other-

wise offer to perform an operation sub-
ject to this part unless that person is