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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)

§ 93.103

July 31, 2022, § 93.101 was revised, effective
July 29, 2022 through July 29, 2026.

§ 93.103

Helicopter operations.

(a) Unless otherwise authorized, each

person piloting a helicopter along Long
Island, New York’s northern shoreline
between the VPLYD waypoint and Ori-
ent Point, shall utilize the North Shore
Helicopter route and altitude, as pub-
lished.

(b) Pilots may deviate from the route

and altitude requirements of paragraph
(a) of this section when necessary for
safety, weather conditions or
transitioning to or from a destination
or point of landing.

Subpart I

[

Reserved

]

Subpart J—Lorain County

Regional Airport Traffic Rule

§ 93.117

Applicability.

This subpart prescribes a special air

traffic rule for aircraft operating at the
Lorain County Regional Airport, Lo-
rain County, Ohio.

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–13235, 68 FR 9795, Feb. 28,
2003]

§ 93.119

Aircraft operations.

Each person piloting an airplane

landing at the Lorain County Regional
Airport shall enter the traffic pattern
north of the airport and shall execute a
right traffic pattern for a landing to
the southwest or a left traffic pattern
for a landing to the northeast. Each
person taking off from the airport shall
execute a departure turn to the north
as soon as practicable after takeoff.

[Doc. No. 8669, 33 FR 11749, Aug. 20, 1968]

Subpart K—High Density Traffic

Airports

§ 93.121

Applicability.

This subpart designates high density

traffic airports and prescribes air traf-
fic rules for operating aircraft, other
than helicopters, to or from those air-
ports.

[Doc. No. 9974, 35 FR 16592, Oct. 24, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 93–27, 38 FR 29464, Oct. 25,
1973]

§ 93.123

High density traffic airports.

(a) Each of the following airports is

designated as a high density traffic air-
port and, except as provided in § 93.129
and paragraph (b) of this section, or
unless otherwise authorized by ATC, is
limited to the hourly number of allo-
cated IFR operations (takeoffs and
landings) that may be reserved for the
specified classes of users for that air-
port:

IFR O

PERATIONS PER

OUR

IRPORT

Class of user

LaGuardia

Newark

O’Hare

Ronald

Reagan

Na-

tional

Air carriers ..

120

Commuters

14 10 25 11

Other ...........

10 10 12

OHN

F. K

ENNEDY

Air carriers

Commuters

Other

1500 ...................

69 15 2

1600 ...................

74 12 2

1700 ...................

80 13 0

1800 ...................

75 10 2

1900 ...................

63 12 2

Washington National Airport operations are subject to

modifications per Section 93.124.

The hour period in effect at O’Hare begins at 6:45 a.m.

and continues in 30-minute increments until 9:15 p.m.

Operations at O’Hare International Airport shall not—

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of the note, exceed

62 for air carriers and 13 for commuters and 5 for ‘‘other’’ dur-
ing any 30-minute period beginning at 6:45 a.m. and con-
tinuing every 30 minutes thereafter.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of the note, exceed

more than 120 for air carriers, 25 for commuters, and 10 for
‘‘other’’ in any two consecutive 30-minute periods.

a.m., 7:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m., the hourly limitations shall be
105 for air carriers, 40 for commuters and 10 for ‘‘other,’’ and
the 30-minute limitations shall be 55 for air carriers, 20 for
commuters and 5 for ‘‘other.’’ For the hour beginning at 3:45
p.m., the hourly limitations shall be 115 for air carriers, 30 for
commuters and 10 for ‘‘others’’, and the 30-minute limitations
shall be 60 for air carriers, 15 for commuters and 5 for
‘‘other.’’

Operations at LaGuardia Airport shall not—

(a) Exceed 26 for air carriers, 7 for commuters and 3 for

‘‘other’’ during any 30-minute period.

(b) Exceed 48 for air carriers, 14 for commuters, and 6 for

‘‘other’’ in any two consecutive 30-minute periods.

Pursuant to bilateral agreement, 14 slots at LaGuardia and

24 slots at O’Hare are allocated to the Canadian carriers.
These slots are excluded from the hourly quotas set forth in
§ 93.123 above.

(b) The following exceptions apply to

the allocations of reservations pre-
scribed in paragraph (a) Of this section.

(1) The allocations of reservations

among the several classes of users do
not apply from 12 midnight to 6 a.m.
local time, but the total hourly limita-
tion remains applicable.

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§ 93.129

(2) [Reserved]
(3) The allocation of 37 IFR reserva-

tions per hour for air carriers except
commuters at Washington National
Airport does not include charter
flights, or other nonscheduled flights of
scheduled or supplemental air carriers.
These flights may be conducted with-
out regard to the limitation of 37 IFR
reservations per hour.

(4) The allocation of IFR reservations

for air carriers except commuters at
LaGuardia, Newark, O’Hare, and Wash-
ington National Airports does not in-
clude extra sections of scheduled
flights. The allocation of IFR reserva-
tions for scheduled commuters at
Washington National Airport does not
include extra sections of scheduled
flights. These flights may be conducted
without regard to the limitation upon
the hourly IFR reservations at those
airports.

(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