---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.207"
title: "14"
number: "135.207"
heading: "VFR: Helicopter surface reference requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.207"
---

# §135.207. VFR: Helicopter surface reference requirements.


No person may operate a helicopter under VFR unless that person has visual surface reference or, at night, visual surface light reference, sufficient to safely control the helicopter.


## Notes

### 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.