---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 139.101"
title: "14"
number: "139.101"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/139.101"
---

# §139.101. General requirements.

- (a) Except as otherwise authorized by the Administrator, no person may operate an airport specified under [§ 139.1](/cfr/14/139.1.md) of this part without an Airport Operating Certificate or in violation of that certificate, the applicable provisions, or the approved Airport Certification Manual.
- (b) Each certificate holder shall adopt and comply with an Airport Certification Manual as required under [§ 139.203](/cfr/14/139.203.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2000-7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10, 2004, as amended by Docket FAA-2010-0997, Amdt. 139-28, 88 FR 11672, Feb. 23, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44706, 44709, 44719, 47175.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2000-7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2000-7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10, 2004, as amended by Docket FAA-2010-0997, Amdt. 139-28, 88 FR 11672, Feb. 23, 2023]