--- kind: "section" citation: "14 C.F.R. § 119.1" title: "14" number: "119.1" heading: "Applicability." url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/119.1" --- # §119.1. Applicability. - (a) This part applies to each person operating or intending to operate civil aircraft— - (1) As an air carrier or commercial operator, or both, in air commerce; or - (2) When common carriage is not involved, in operations of any U.S.-registered civil airplane or powered-lift with a seat configuration of 20 or more passengers, or a maximum payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or more; or - (3) When noncommon carriage is involved, except as provided in [§ 91.501(b)](/cfr/14/91.501.md?p=b) of this chapter, or in private carriage for compensation or hire, in operations of any U.S.-registered civil airplane or powered-lift with a passenger-seat configuration of less than 20 seats and a payload capacity of less than 6,000 pounds. - (b) **This part prescribes—** - (1) The types of air operator certificates issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, including air carrier certificates and operating certificates; - (2) The certification requirements an operator must meet in order to obtain and hold a certificate authorizing operations under part [121](/cfr/14/part121.md), [125](/cfr/14/part125.md), or 135 of this chapter and operations specifications for each kind of operation to be conducted and each class and size of aircraft to be operated under part [121](/cfr/14/part121.md) or [135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter; - (3) The requirements an operator must meet to conduct operations under part [121](/cfr/14/part121.md), [125](/cfr/14/part125.md), or 135 of this chapter and in operating each class and size of aircraft authorized in its operations specifications; - (4) Requirements affecting wet leasing of aircraft and other arrangements for transportation by air; - (5) Requirements for obtaining deviation authority to perform operations under a military contract and obtaining deviation authority to perform an emergency operation; and - (6) Requirements for management personnel for operations conducted under [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md) or [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter. - (c) Persons subject to this part must comply with the other requirements of this chapter, except where those requirements are modified by or where additional requirements are imposed by part [119](/cfr/14/part119.md), [121](/cfr/14/part121.md), 125, or 135 of this chapter. - (d) This part does not govern operations conducted under [part 91](/cfr/14/part91.md), [subpart K](/cfr/14/subpartK.md) (when common carriage is not involved) nor does it govern operations conducted under part [129](/cfr/14/part129.md), [133](/cfr/14/part133.md), 137, or 139 of this chapter. - (e) Except for operations when common carriage is not involved conducted with any airplane or powered-lift having a passenger-seat configuration of 20 seats or more, excluding any required crewmember seat, or a payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or more, this part does not apply to— - (1) Student instruction; - (2) Nonstop Commercial Air Tours that occur in an airplane, powered-lift, or rotorcraft having a standard airworthiness certificate and passenger-seat configuration of 30 seats or fewer and a maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less that begin and end at the same airport, and are conducted within a 25-statute mile radius of that airport, in compliance with the Letter of Authorization issued under [§ 91.147](/cfr/14/91.147.md) of this chapter. For nonstop Commercial Air Tours conducted in accordance with [part 136](/cfr/14/part136.md), [subpart B](/cfr/14/subpartB.md), of this chapter, National Parks Air Tour Management, the requirements of this part apply unless excepted in [§ 136.37(g)(2)](/cfr/14/136.37.md?p=g-2). For Nonstop Commercial Air Tours conducted in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, the requirements of SFAR 50-2, [part 93](/cfr/14/part93.md), [subpart U](/cfr/14/subpartU.md), of the chapter and this part, as applicable, apply. - (3) Ferry or training flights; - (4) **Aerial work operations, including—** - (i) Crop dusting, seeding, spraying, and bird chasing; - (ii) Banner towing; - (iii) Aerial photography or survey; - (iv) Fire fighting; - (v) Powered-lift or rotorcraft operations in construction or repair work (but [part 119](/cfr/14/part119.md) of this chapter does apply to transportation to and from the site of operations); and - (vi) Powerline or pipeline patrol; - (5) Sightseeing flights conducted in hot air balloons or gliders; - (6) Nonstop flights conducted within a 25-statute-mile radius of the airport of takeoff carrying persons or objects for the purpose of conducting intentional parachute operations. - (7) Powered-lift or rotorcraft flights conducted within a 25 statute mile radius of the airport of takeoff if— - (i) Not more than two passengers are carried in the aircraft in addition to the required flightcrew; - (ii) Each flight is made under day VFR conditions; - (iii) The aircraft used is certificated in the standard category and complies with the 100-hour inspection requirements of [part 91](/cfr/14/part91.md) of this chapter; - (iv) The operator notifies the responsible Flight Standards office at least 72 hours before each flight and furnishes any essential information that the office requests; - (v) The number of flights does not exceed a total of six in any calendar year; - (vi) Each flight has been approved by the Administrator; and - (vii) Cargo is not carried in or on the aircraft; - (8) Operations conducted under [part 133](/cfr/14/part133.md) of this chapter or 375 of this title; - (9) Emergency mail service conducted under [49 U.S.C. 41906](/usc/49/41906.md); - (10) Operations conducted under the provisions of [§ 91.321](/cfr/14/91.321.md) of this chapter; - (11) Small UAS operations conducted under [part 107](/cfr/14/part107.md) of this chapter; or - (12) Space support vehicle flights conducted under the provisions of [§ 91.331](/cfr/14/91.331.md) of this chapter. ## Notes ### Amendments [Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Amdt. 119-4, 66 FR 23557, May 9, 2001; Amdt. 119-5, 67 FR 9554, Mar. 1, 2002; Amdt. 119-7, 68 FR 54584, Sept. 17, 2003; 72 FR 6911, Feb. 13, 2007; Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 119-18, 81 FR 42214, June 28, 2016; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 119-19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018; Docket FAA-2022-1563; Amdt. 119-20, 88 FR 48088, July 26, 2023; Docket FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. No. 119-22, 90 FR 35222, July 24, 2025] ### Authority Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40102, 40103, 40113, 44105, 44106, 44111, 44701-44717, 44722, 44901, 44903, 44904, 44906, 44912, 44914, 44936, 44938, 46103, 46105; sec. 215, Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348. ### Source Source: Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, unless otherwise noted. ### Amendments [Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Amdt. 119-4, 66 FR 23557, May 9, 2001; Amdt. 119-5, 67 FR 9554, Mar. 1, 2002; Amdt. 119-7, 68 FR 54584, Sept. 17, 2003; 72 FR 6911, Feb. 13, 2007; Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 119-18, 81 FR 42214, June 28, 2016; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 119-19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018; Docket FAA-2022-1563; Amdt. 119-20, 88 FR 48088, July 26, 2023; Docket FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. No. 119-22, 90 FR 35222, July 24, 2025]