---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.49"
title: "14"
number: "125.49"
heading: "Airport requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.49"
---

# §125.49. Airport requirements.

- (a) No certificate holder may use any airport unless it is adequate for the proposed operation, considering such items as size, surface, obstructions, and lighting.
- (b) No pilot of an airplane carrying passengers at night may take off from, or land on, an airport unless—
  - (1) That pilot has determined the wind direction from an illuminated wind direction indicator or local ground communications, or, in the case of takeoff, that pilot's personal observations; and
  - (2) The limits of the area to be used for landing or takeoff are clearly shown by boundary or runway marker lights.
- (c) For the purposes of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, if the area to be used for takeoff or landing is marked by flare pots or lanterns, their use must be approved by the Administrator.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722.

### Source

Source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.