---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.98"
title: "14"
number: "135.98"
heading: "Operations in the North Polar Area."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.98"
---

# §135.98. Operations in the North Polar Area.


After August 13, 2008, no certificate holder may operate an aircraft in the region north of 78° N latitude (“North Polar Area”), other than intrastate operations wholly within the state of Alaska, unless authorized by the FAA. The certificate holder's operation specifications must include the following:

- (a) The designation of airports that may be used for en-route diversions and the requirements the airports must meet at the time of diversion.
- (b) **Except for all-cargo operations, a recovery plan for passengers at designated diversion airports.**
- (c) A fuel-freeze strategy and procedures for monitoring fuel freezing for operations in the North Polar Area.
- (d) **A plan to ensure communication capability for operations in the North Polar Area.**
- (e) **An MEL for operations in the North Polar Area.**
- (f) **A training plan for operations in the North Polar Area.**
- (g) **A plan for mitigating crew exposure to radiation during solar flare activity.**
- (h) A plan for providing at least two cold weather anti-exposure suits in the aircraft, to protect crewmembers during outside activity at a diversion airport with extreme climatic conditions. The FAA may relieve the certificate holder from this requirement if the season of the year makes the equipment unnecessary.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2002-6717, 72 FR 1885, Jan. 16, 2007, as amended by Amdt. 135-112, 73 FR 8798, Feb. 15, 2008]

### 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-2002-6717, 72 FR 1885, Jan. 16, 2007, as amended by Amdt. 135-112, 73 FR 8798, Feb. 15, 2008]