---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 158.9"
title: "14"
number: "158.9"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/158.9"
---

# §158.9. Limitations.

- (a) No public agency may impose a PFC on any passenger—
  - (1) For more than 2 boardings on a one-way trip or in each direction of a round trip;
  - (2) On any flight to an eligible point on an air carrier that receives essential air service compensation on that route. The Administrator makes available a list of carriers and eligible routes determined by the Department of Transportation for which PFC's may not be imposed under this section;
  - (3) Who is a nonrevenue passenger or obtained the ticket for air transportation with a frequent flier award coupon;
  - (4) On flights, including flight segments, between 2 or more points in Hawaii;
  - (5) In Alaska aboard an aircraft having a certificated seating capacity of fewer than 60 passengers; or
  - (6) Enplaning at an airport if the passenger did not pay for the air transportation that resulted in the enplanement due to Department of Defense charter arrangements and payments.
- (b) No public agency may require a foreign airline that does not serve a point or points in the U.S. to collect a PFC from a passenger.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 158-2, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 2000; Amdt. 158-4, 72 FR 28847, May 23, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40116-40117, 47106, 47111, 47114-47116, 47524, 47526.

### Source

Source: Docket 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 158-2, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 2000; Amdt. 158-4, 72 FR 28847, May 23, 2007]