---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.229"
title: "14"
number: "135.229"
heading: "Airport requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.229"
---

# §135.229. 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 aircraft carrying passengers at night may takeoff 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—**
    - (i) For airplanes, by boundary or runway marker lights;
    - (ii) **For helicopters, by boundary or runway marker lights or reflective material.**
- (c) For the purpose 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), 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.