---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 129.22"
title: "14"
number: "129.22"
heading: "Communication and navigation equipment for rotorcraft operations under VFR over routes navigated by pilotage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/129.22"
---

# §129.22. Communication and navigation equipment for rotorcraft operations under VFR over routes navigated by pilotage.

- (a) No foreign air carrier may operate a rotorcraft under VFR over routes that can be navigated by pilotage unless the rotorcraft is equipped with the radio communication equipment necessary under normal operating conditions to fulfill the following:
  - (1) Communicate with at least one appropriate station from any point on the route;
  - (2) Communicate with appropriate air traffic control facilities from any point within Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace, or within a Class E surface area designated for an airport in which flights are intended; and
  - (3) **Receive meteorological information from any point en route.**
- (b) No foreign air carrier may operate a rotorcraft at night under VFR over routes that can be navigated by pilotage unless that rotorcraft is equipped with—
  - (1) Radio communication equipment necessary under normal operating conditions to fulfill the functions specified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section; and
  - (2) **Navigation equipment suitable for the route to be flown.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2002-14002, 72 FR 31683, June 7, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1372, 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44901-44904, 44906, 44912, 46105, Pub. L. 107-71 sec. 104.

### Source

Source: Docket 1994, 29 FR 1720, Feb. 5, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2002-14002, 72 FR 31683, June 7, 2007]