---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.144"
title: "14"
number: "135.144"
heading: "Portable electronic devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.144"
---

# §135.144. 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 [§ 135.91](/cfr/14/135.91.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 aircraft on which the particular device is to be used.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7, 1999, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-0554, Amdt. 135-133, 81 FR 33120, May 24, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 41706, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709, 44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722, 44730, 45101-45105; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 44730).

### Source

Source: Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-1998-4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7, 1999, as amended by Docket FAA-2014-0554, Amdt. 135-133, 81 FR 33120, May 24, 2016]