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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)
§ 135.213
(2) For single-engine aircraft, descent
under VFR if its engine fails.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–32, 54 FR 34332, Aug.
18, 1989; 73 FR 20164, Apr. 15, 2008]
§ 135.213 Weather reports and fore-
casts.
(a) Whenever a person operating an
aircraft under this part is required to
use a weather report or forecast, that
person shall use that of the U.S. Na-
tional Weather Service, a source ap-
proved by the U.S. National Weather
Service, or a source approved by the
Administrator. However, for operations
under VFR, the pilot in command may,
if such a report is not available, use
weather information based on that pi-
lot’s own observations or on those of
other persons competent to supply ap-
propriate observations.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a)
of this section, weather observations
made and furnished to pilots to con-
duct IFR operations at an airport must
be taken at the airport where those
IFR operations are conducted, unless
the Administrator issues operations
specifications allowing the use of
weather observations taken at a loca-
tion not at the airport where the IFR
operations are conducted. The Admin-
istrator issues such operations speci-
fications when, after investigation by
the U.S. National Weather Service and
the responsible Flight Standards office,
it is found that the standards of safety
for that operation would allow the de-
viation from this paragraph for a par-
ticular operation for which an air car-
rier operating certificate or operating
certificate has been issued.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135–60, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26,
1996; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 135–139, 83
FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]
§ 135.215 IFR: Operating limitations.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs
(b), (c) and (d) of this section, no person
may operate an aircraft under IFR out-
side of controlled airspace or at any
airport that does not have an approved
standard instrument approach proce-
dure.
(b) The Administrator may issue op-
erations specifications to the certifi-
cate holder to allow it to operate under
IFR over routes outside controlled air-
space if—
(1) The certificate holder shows the
Administrator that the flight crew is
able to navigate, without visual ref-
erence to the ground, over an intended
track without deviating more than 5
degrees or 5 miles, whichever is less,
from that track; and
(2) The Administrator determines
that the proposed operations can be
conducted safely.
(c) A person may operate an aircraft
under IFR outside of controlled air-
space if the certificate holder has been
approved for the operations and that
operation is necessary to—
(1) Conduct an instrument approach
to an airport for which there is in use
a current approved standard or special
instrument approach procedure; or
(2) Climb into controlled airspace
during an approved missed approach
procedure; or
(3) Make an IFR departure from an
airport having an approved instrument
approach procedure.
(d) The Administrator may issue op-
erations specifications to the certifi-
cate holder to allow it to depart at an
airport that does not have an approved
standard instrument approach proce-
dure when the Administrator deter-
mines that it is necessary to make an
IFR departure from that airport and
that the proposed operations can be
conducted safely. The approval to oper-
ate at that airport does not include an
approval to make an IFR approach to
that airport.
§ 135.217 IFR: Takeoff limitations.
No person may takeoff an aircraft
under IFR from an airport where
weather conditions are at or above
takeoff minimums but are below au-
thorized IFR landing minimums unless
there is an alternate airport within 1
hour’s flying time (at normal cruising
speed, in still air) of the airport of de-
parture.
§ 135.219 IFR: Destination airport
weather minimums.
No person may take off an aircraft
under IFR or begin an IFR or over-the-
top operation unless the latest weather
reports or forecasts, or any combina-
tion of them, indicate that weather
