---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 101.13"
title: "14"
number: "101.13"
heading: "Operating limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/101.13"
---

# §101.13. Operating limitations.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, no person may operate a moored balloon or kite—
  - (1) Less than 500 feet from the base of any cloud;
  - (2) More than 500 feet above the surface of the earth;
  - (3) From an area where the ground visibility is less than three miles; or
  - (4) **Within five miles of the boundary of any airport.**
- (b) [Paragraph (a)](#a) of this section does not apply to the operation of a balloon or kite below the top of any structure and within 250 feet of it, if that shielded operation does not obscure any lighting on the structure.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket 1580, 28 FR 6722, June 29, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40101 note, 40103, 40113-40114, 45302, 44502, 44514, 44701-44702, 44721, 46308.