---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.609"
title: "14"
number: "135.609"
heading: "VFR ceiling and visibility requirements for Class G airspace."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.609"
---

# §135.609. VFR ceiling and visibility requirements for Class G airspace.

- (a) Unless otherwise specified in the certificate holder's operations specifications, when conducting VFR helicopter air ambulance operations in Class G airspace, the weather minimums in the following table apply:
- (b) A certificate holder may designate local flying areas in a manner acceptable to the Administrator, that must—
  - (1) Not exceed 50 nautical miles in any direction from each designated location;
  - (2) Take into account obstacles and terrain features that are easily identifiable by the pilot in command and from which the pilot in command may visually determine a position; and
  - (3) **Take into account the operating environment and capabilities of the certificate holder's helicopters.**
- (c) A pilot must demonstrate a level of familiarity with the local flying area by passing an examination given by the certificate holder within the 12 calendar months prior to using the local flying area.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2010-0982, 79 FR 9975, Feb. 21, 2014; Amdt. 135-129A, 79 FR 41126, July 15, 2014]

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2010-0982, 79 FR 9975, Feb. 21, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### 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-2010-0982, 79 FR 9975, Feb. 21, 2014; Amdt. 135-129A, 79 FR 41126, July 15, 2014]