---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 31.16"
title: "14"
number: "31.16"
heading: "Empty weight."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/31.16"
---

# §31.16. Empty weight.


The empty weight must be determined by weighing the balloon with installed equipment but without lifting gas or heater fuel.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 31-4, 45 FR 60179, Sept. 11, 1980]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 1437, 29 FR 8258, July 1, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 31-1, 29 FR 14563, Oct. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 31-4, 45 FR 60179, Sept. 11, 1980]