---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 211.31"
title: "14"
number: "211.31"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/211.31"
---

# §211.31. Application.


The application shall include, in addition to other requirements of this part, documentation clearly establishing:

- (a) That the carrier is organized under the laws of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau or the United States;
- (b) That substantial ownership and effective control of the carrier are held by citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau and/or the United States;
- (c) That citizens of other countries do not have interests in the carrier sufficient to permit them substantially to influence its actions, or that substantial justification exists for a temporary waiver of this requirement;
- (d) That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration has determined that the carrier complies with such safety standards as the Administrator considers to be required; and
- (e) That the government or governments of the Freely Associated States concerned have consented to the carrier's operation as a “Freely Associated State Air Carrier.”

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 211-18, 52 FR 5442, Feb. 22, 1987, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15925, Apr. 16, 2019]

### Source

Source: Amdt. 211-18, 52 FR 5442, Feb. 22, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 411, 413, 415, 417.

### Source

Source: ER-1386, 49 FR 33439, Aug. 23, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 211-18, 52 FR 5442, Feb. 22, 1987, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15925, Apr. 16, 2019]