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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.693 

under an interchange agreement may 
be incorporated by reference. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2615, Jan. 26, 1996, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
121–380, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 121.687 Dispatch release: Flag and 

domestic operations. 

(a) The dispatch release may be in 

any form but must contain at least the 
following information concerning each 
flight: 

(1) Identification number of the air-

craft. 

(2) Trip number. 
(3) Departure airport, intermediate 

stops, destination airports, and alter-
nate airports. 

(4) A statement of the type of oper-

ation (e.g., IFR, VFR). 

(5) Minimum fuel supply. 
(6) For each flight dispatched as an 

ETOPS flight, the ETOPS diversion 
time for which the flight is dispatched. 

(b) The dispatch release must con-

tain, or have attached to it, weather 
reports, available weather forecasts, or 
a combination thereof, for the destina-
tion airport, intermediate stops, and 
alternate airports, that are the latest 
available at the time the release is 
signed by the pilot in command and 
dispatcher. It may include any addi-
tional available weather reports or 
forecasts that the pilot in command or 
the aircraft dispatcher considers nec-
essary or desirable. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–329, 72 FR 1883, Jan. 
16, 2007] 

§ 121.689 Flight release form: Supple-

mental operations. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, the flight release 
may be in any form but must contain 
at least the following information con-
cerning each flight: 

(1) Company or organization name. 
(2) Make, model, and registration 

number of the aircraft being used. 

(3) Flight or trip number, and date of 

flight. 

(4) Name of each flight crewmember, 

flight attendant, and pilot designated 
as pilot in command. 

(5) Departure airport, destination air-

ports, alternate airports, and route. 

(6) Minimum fuel supply (in gallons 

or pounds). 

(7) A statement of the type of oper-

ation (e.g., IFR, VFR). 

(8) For each flight released as an 

ETOPS flight, the ETOPS diversion 
time for which the flight is released. 

(b) The aircraft flight release must 

contain, or have attached to it, weath-
er reports, available weather forecasts, 
or a combination thereof, for the des-
tination airport, and alternate air-
ports, that are the latest available at 
the time the release is signed. It may 
include any additional available weath-
er reports or forecasts that the pilot in 
command considers necessary or desir-
able. 

(c) Each certificate holder con-

ducting domestic or flag operations 
under the rules of this part applicable 
to supplemental operations shall com-
ply with the dispatch or flight release 
forms required for scheduled operations 
under this subpart. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2615, Jan. 
26, 1996; Amdt. 121–329, 72 FR 1883, Jan. 16, 
2007] 

§ 121.691 [Reserved] 

§ 121.693 Load manifest: All certificate 

holders. 

The load manifest must contain the 

following information concerning the 
loading of the airplane at takeoff time: 

(a) The weight of the aircraft, fuel 

and oil, cargo and baggage, passengers 
and crewmembers. 

(b) The maximum allowable weight 

for that flight that must not exceed 
the least of the following weights: 

(1) Maximum allowable takeoff 

weight for the runway intended to be 
used (including corrections for altitude 
and gradient, and wind and tempera-
ture conditions existing at the takeoff 
time). 

(2) Maximum takeoff weight consid-

ering anticipated fuel and oil consump-
tion that allows compliance with appli-
cable en route performance limita-
tions. 

(3) Maximum takeoff weight consid-

ering anticipated fuel and oil consump-
tion that allows compliance with the 
maximum authorized design landing 

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§ 121.695 

weight limitations on arrival at the 
destination airport. 

(4) Maximum takeoff weight consid-

ering anticipated fuel and oil consump-
tion that allows compliance with land-
ing distance limitations on arrival at 
the destination and alternate airports. 

(c) The total weight computed under 

approved procedures. 

(d) Evidence that the aircraft is load-

ed according to an approved schedule 
that insures that the center of gravity 
is within approved limits. 

(e) Names of passengers, unless such 

information is maintained by other 
means by the certificate holder. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–159, 45 FR 41595, June 
19, 1980; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2615, Jan. 26, 
1996] 

§ 121.695 Disposition of load manifest, 

dispatch release, and flight plans: 

Domestic and flag operations. 

(a) The pilot in command of an air-

plane shall carry in the airplane to its 
destination— 

(1) A copy of the completed load 

manifest (or information from it, ex-
cept information concerning cargo and 
passenger distribution); 

(2) A copy of the dispatch release; 

and 

(3) A copy of the flight plan. 
(b) The certificate holder shall keep 

copies of the records required in this 
section for at least three months. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 
29, 1982; Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26, 
1996] 

§ 121.697 Disposition of load manifest, 

flight release, and flight plans: Sup-

plemental operations. 

(a) The pilot in command of an air-

plane shall carry in the airplane to its 
destination the original or a signed 
copy of the— 

(1) Load manifest; 
(2) Flight release; 
(3) Airworthiness release; 
(4) Pilot route certification; and 
(5) Flight plan. 
(b) If a flight originates at the cer-

tificate holder’s principal base of oper-
ations, it shall retain at that base a 
signed copy of each document listed in 
paragraph (a) of this section. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this section, if a flight originates 
at a place other than the certificate 
holder’s principal base of operations, 
the pilot in command (or another per-
son not aboard the airplane who is au-
thorized by the certificate holder) 
shall, before or immediately after de-
parture of the flight, mail signed cop-
ies of the documents listed in para-
graph (a) of this section, to the prin-
cipal base of operations. 

(d) If a flight originates at a place 

other than the certificate holder’s prin-
cipal base of operations, and there is at 
that place a person to manage the 
flight departure for the certificate 
holder who does not himself or herself 
depart on the airplane, signed copies of 
the documents listed in paragraph (a) 
of this section may be retained at that 
place for not more than 30 days before 
being sent to the certificate holder’s 
principal base of operations. However, 
the documents for a particular flight 
need not be further retained at that 
place or be sent to the principal base of 
operations, if the originals or other 
copies of them have been previously re-
turned to the principal base of oper-
ations. 

(e) The certificate holder conducting 

supplemental operations shall: 

(1) Identify in its operations manual 

the person having custody of the copies 
of documents retained in accordance 
with paragraph (d) of this section; and 

(2) Retain at its principal base of op-

erations either an original or a copy of 
the records required by this section for 
at least three months. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19226, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–123, 40 FR 44541, Sept. 
29, 1975; Amdt. 121–143, 43 FR 22642, May 25, 
1978; Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 29, 1982; 
Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26, 1996] 

§§ 121.698–121.699 [Reserved] 

§ 121.701 Maintenance log: Aircraft. 

(a) Each person who takes action in 

the case of a reported or observed fail-
ure or malfunction of an airframe, en-
gine, propeller, or appliance that is 
critical to the safety of flight shall 
make, or have made, a record of that 
action in the airplane’s maintenance 
log.