---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 107.125"
title: "14"
number: "107.125"
heading: "Category 3 operations: Operating requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/107.125"
---

# §107.125. Category 3 operations: Operating requirements.


To conduct Category 3 operations, a remote pilot in command—

- (a) **Must use a small unmanned aircraft that—**
  - (1) Is eligible for Category 3 operations pursuant to [§ 107.130(a)](/cfr/14/107.130.md?p=a);
  - (2) Is listed on an FAA-accepted declaration of compliance as eligible for Category 3 operations in accordance with [§ 107.160](/cfr/14/107.160.md); and
  - (3) Is labeled as eligible for Category 3 operations in accordance with [§ 107.130(b)(1)](/cfr/14/107.130.md?p=b-1);
- (b) Must not operate the small unmanned aircraft over open-air assemblies of human beings; and
- (c) May only operate the small unmanned aircraft above any human being if operation meets one of the following conditions:
  - (1) The operation is within or over a closed- or restricted-access site and all human beings located within the closed- or restricted-access site must be on notice that a small unmanned aircraft may fly over them; or
  - (2) The small unmanned aircraft does not maintain sustained flight over any human being unless that human being is—
    - (i) Directly participating in the operation of the small unmanned aircraft; or
    - (ii) Located under a covered structure or inside a stationary vehicle that can provide reasonable protection from a falling small unmanned aircraft.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021, as amended by 86 FR 62473, Nov. 10, 2021]

### Source

Source: Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 note, 40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 46105(c), 46110, 44807.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021, as amended by 86 FR 62473, Nov. 10, 2021]