---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 137.43"
title: "14"
number: "137.43"
heading: "Operations in controlled airspace designated for an airport."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/137.43"
---

# §137.43. Operations in controlled airspace designated for an airport.

- (a) Except for flights to and from a dispensing area, no person may operate an aircraft within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class D airspace designated for an airport unless authorization for that operation has been obtained from the ATC facility having jurisdiction over that area.
- (b) No person may operate an aircraft in weather conditions below VFR minimums within the lateral boundaries of a Class E airspace area that extends upward from the surface unless authorization for that operation has been obtained from the ATC facility having jurisdiction over that area.
- (c) Notwithstanding [§ 91.157(b)(4)](/cfr/14/91.157.md?p=b-4) of this chapter, an aircraft may be operated under the special VFR weather minimums without meeting the requirements prescribed therein.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 137-14, 56 FR 65664, Dec. 17, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 137-14, 58 FR 32840, June 14, 1993; 74 FR 13099, Mar. 26, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 44701-44702.

### Source

Source: Docket 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 137-14, 56 FR 65664, Dec. 17, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 137-14, 58 FR 32840, June 14, 1993; 74 FR 13099, Mar. 26, 2009]