---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 398.9"
title: "14"
number: "398.9"
heading: "Load factor standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/398.9"
---

# §398.9. Load factor standards.


The load factor standards used in this part may be raised for individual eligible places under either of the following circumstances:

- (a) The place is served by the carrier as part of a linear route; or
- (b) It would be in the interest of the community, the carrier, or the general public to raise the load factor standard for that place.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417; Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-223, Dec. 30, 1987).

### Source

Source: Docket No. OST-95-397, 60 FR 43529, Aug. 22, 1995, unless otherwise noted.