---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 121.306"
title: "14"
number: "121.306"
heading: "Portable electronic devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/121.306"
---

# §121.306. Portable electronic devices.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, no person may operate, nor may any operator or pilot in command of an aircraft allow the operation of, any portable electronic device on any U.S.-registered civil aircraft operating under this part.
- (b) **Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—**
  - (1) Portable voice recorders;
  - (2) Hearing aids;
  - (3) Heart pacemakers;
  - (4) Electric shavers;
  - (5) Portable oxygen concentrators that comply with the requirements in [§ 121.574](/cfr/14/121.574.md); or
  - (6) Any other portable electronic device that the [part 119](/cfr/14/part119.md) certificate holder has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.
- (c) The determination required by [paragraph (b)(6)](#b-6) of this section shall be made by that part 119 certificate holder operating the particular device to be used.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7, 1999, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-0554, Amdt. 121-374, 81 FR 33118, May 24, 2016]

### Source

Source: Docket 6258, 29 FR 19205, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40113, 40119, 41706, 42301 preceding note added by Pub. L. 112-95, sec. 412, 126 Stat. 89, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44729, 44732; 46105; Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note); Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note); Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note).

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7, 1999, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-0554, Amdt. 121-374, 81 FR 33118, May 24, 2016]