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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 93.301

this section shall include all slots oper-
ated at the airport, including slots de-
scribed in § 93.217(a)(1).

(h) Within 30 days after an operator

files for protection under the Federal
bankruptcy laws, the FAA shall recall
any slots of that operator, if—(1) the
slots were formerly used for essential
air service and (2) the Office of the Sec-
retary of Transportation determines
those slots are required to provide sub-
stitute essential air service to or from
the same points.

(i) Every air carrier and commuter

operator or other person holding a slot
at a high density airport shall, within
14 days after the last day of the 2-
month period beginning January 1,
1986, and every 2 months thereafter,
forward, in writing, to the address
identified in § 93.221(a)(1), a list of all
slots held by the air carrier, commuter
operator or other person along with a
listing of which air carrier or com-
muter operator actually operated the
slot for each day of the 2-month period.
The report shall identify the flight
number for which the slot was used and
the equipment used, and shall identify
the flight as an arrival or departure.
The report shall identify any common
ownership or control of, by, or with
any other carrier as defined in
§ 93.213(c) of this subpart. The report
shall be signed by a senior official of
the air carrier or commuter operator.
If the slot is held by an ‘‘other person,’’
the report must be signed by an official
representative.

(j) The Chief Counsel of the FAA may

waive the requirements of paragraph
(a) of this section in the event of a
highly unusual and unpredictable con-
dition which is beyond the control of
the slot-holder and which exists for a
period of 9 or more days. Examples of
conditions which could justify waiver
under this paragraph are weather con-
ditions which result in the restricted
operation of an airport for an extended
period of time or the grounding of an
aircraft type.

(k) The Chief Counsel of the FAA

may, upon request, grant a waiver from
the requirements of paragraph (a) of
this section for a slot used for the do-
mestic segment of an intercontinental
all-cargo flight. To qualify for a waiv-
er, a carrier must operate the slot a

substantial percentage of the time and
must return the slot to the FAA in ad-
vance for the time periods it will not
be used.

(l) The FAA will treat as used any

slot held by a carrier at a High Density
Traffic Airport on Thanksgiving Day,
the Friday following Thanksgiving
Day, and the period from December 24
through the first Saturday in January.

[Doc. No. 24105, 50 FR 52195, Dec. 20, 1985, as
amended by Amdt. 93–52, 51 FR 21718, June
13, 1986; Amdt. 93–65, 57 FR 37315, Aug. 18,
1992; Amdt. 93–71, 59 FR 58771, Nov. 15, 1994]

Subpart T—Ronald Reagan Wash-

ington National Airport Traffic
Rules

OURCE

: Docket No. 25143, 51 FR 43587, Dec.

3, 1986; Amdt. 93–82, 68 FR 9795, Feb. 28, 2003,
unless otherwise noted.

§ 93.251

Applicability.

This subpart prescribes rules applica-

ble to the operation of aircraft to or
from Ronald Reagan Washington Na-
tional Airport.

§ 93.253

Nonstop operations.

No person may operate an aircraft

nonstop in air transportation between
Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport and another airport that is
more than 1,250 miles away from Ron-
ald Reagan Washington National Air-
port.

Subpart U—Special Flight Rules in

the Vicinity of Grand Canyon
National Park, AZ

OURCE

: By Docket No. 28537, 61 FR 69330,

Dec. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

§ 93.301

Applicability.

This subpart prescribes special oper-

ating rules for all persons operating
aircraft in the following airspace, des-
ignated as the Grand Canyon National
Park Special Flight Rules Area: That
airspace extending from the surface up
to but not including 18,000 feet MSL
within an area bounded by a line begin-
ning at Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long. 112

′

″

W.; east to Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long.

111

′

″

W.; to Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long.

111

′

″

W.; north to Lat. 36

′

″

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§ 93.303

Long. 111

′

″

W.; to Lat. 36

′

″

N.,

Long. 111

′

″

W.; to Lat. 36

′

″

N.,

Long. 111

′

″

W.; west-northwest to

Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long. 111

′

″

W.;

southwest to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long.

111

′

″

W.; to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long.

112

′

″

W.; west-northwest to Lat.

′

″

N., Long. 112

′

″

W.; south-

west to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long. 112

′

″

W., thence west along the boundary of
Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP)
to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.;

west-southwest to Lat. 36

′

″

N.,

Long. 114

′

″

W.; southeast to Lat.

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.; thence

south along the boundary of GCNP to
Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.;

north to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long.

113

′

″

W.; northeast to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.; to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.; northeast to

Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.; to

Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.;

southeast to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long.

113

′

″

W.; to Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long.

113

′

″

W.; to Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long.

113

′

″

W.; to Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long.

113

′

″

W.; southwest to Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.; southeast to

Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.;

thence clockwise via the 4.2-nautical
mile radius of the Peach Springs
VORTAC to Lat. 36

′

″

N., Long.

113

′

″

W.; northeast to Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.; north to Lat.

′

″

N., Long. 113

′

″

W.; east to

Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long. 112

′

″

W.;

thence clockwise via the 4.3-nautical
mile radius of the Grand Canyon Na-
tional Park Airport reference point
(Lat. 35

′

″

N., Long. 112

′

″

W.) to

the point of origin.

[Doc. No. 5926, 65 FR 17742, Apr. 4, 2000]

§ 93.303

Definitions.

For the purposes of this subpart:
Allocation means authorization to

conduct a commercial air tour in the
Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP)
Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA).

Commercial air tour means any flight

conducted for compensation or hire in
a powered aircraft where a purpose of
the flight is sightseeing. If the operator
of a flight asserts that the flight is not
a commercial air tour, factors that can
be considered by the Administrator in
making a determination of whether the

flight is a commercial air tour include,
but are not limited to—

(1) Whether there was a holding out

to the public of willingness to conduct
a sightseeing flight for compensation
or hire;

(2) Whether a narrative was provided

that referred to areas or points of in-
terest on the surface;

(3) The area of operation;
(4) The frequency of flights;
(5) The route of flight;
(6) The inclusion of sightseeing

flights as part of any travel arrange-
ment package; or

(7) Whether the flight in question

would or would not have been canceled
based on poor visibility of the surface.

Commercial Special Flight Rules Area

Operation means any portion of any
flight within the Grand Canyon Na-
tional Park Special Flight Rules Area
that is conducted by a certificate hold-
er that has operations specifications
authorizing flights within the Grand
Canyon National Park Special Flight
Rules Area. This term does not include
operations conducted under an FAA
Form 7711–1, Certificate of Waiver or
Authorization. For more information
on commercial special flight rules area
operations,

see ‘‘Grand Canyon Na-

tional Park Special Flight Rules Area
(GCNP SFRA) Procedures Manual,’’
which is available online or from the
responsible Flight Standards Office.

GCNP quiet aircraft technology des-

ignation means an aircraft that is sub-
ject to § 93.301 and has been shown to
comply with the noise limit specified
in appendix A of this part.

Number of passenger seats means the

number of passenger seats for which an
individual aircraft is configured.

Park means Grand Canyon National

Park.

Special Flight Rules Area means the

Grand Canyon National Park Special
Flight Rules Area.

[65 FR 17732, Apr. 4, 2000, as amended at 70
FR 16092, Mar. 29, 2005; Amdt. 93-102, 83 FR
48212, Sept. 24, 2018]

§ 93.305

Flight-free zones and flight

corridors.

Except in an emergency or if other-

wise necessary for safety of flight, or
unless otherwise authorized by the re-
sponsible Flight Standards Office for a

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