---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 31.17"
title: "14"
number: "31.17"
heading: "Performance: Climb."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/31.17"
---

# §31.17. Performance: Climb.

- (a) Each balloon must be capable of climbing at least 300 feet in the first minute after takeoff with a steady rate of climb. Compliance with the requirements of this section must be shown at each altitude and ambient temperature for which approval is sought.
- (b) Compliance with the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must be shown at the maximum weight with a weight tolerance of + 5 percent.

## 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]