---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 91.147"
title: "14"
number: "91.147"
heading: "Passenger-carrying flights for compensation or hire."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/91.147"
---

# §91.147. Passenger-carrying flights for compensation or hire.

- (a) **Definitions.** For the purposes of this section, Operator means any person conducting nonstop passenger-carrying flights in an airplane, powered-lift, or rotorcraft for compensation or hire in accordance with §§ [119.1(e)(2)](/cfr/14/119.1.md?p=e-2), [135.1(a)(5)](/cfr/14/135.1.md?p=a-5), or [121.1(d)](/cfr/14/121.1.md?p=d) of this chapter that begin and end at the same airport and are conducted within a 25-statute mile radius of that airport.
- (b) **General requirements.** An Operator conducting passenger-carrying flights for compensation or hire must meet the following requirements unless all flights are conducted under [§ 91.146](/cfr/14/91.146.md). The Operator must:
  - (1) **Comply with the safety provisions of part 136, subpart A of this chapter.**
  - (2) Register and implement its drug and alcohol testing programs in accordance with [part 120](/cfr/14/part120.md) of this chapter.
  - (3) **Comply with the applicable requirements of part 5 of this chapter.**
  - (4) **Apply for and receive a Letter of Authorization from the responsible Flight Standards office.**
- (c) **Letter of Authorization.** Each application for a Letter of Authorization must include the following information:
  - (1) **Name of Operator, agent, and any d/b/a (doing-business-as) under which that Operator does business.**
  - (2) **Principal business address and mailing address.**
  - (3) **Principal place of business (if different from business address).**
  - (4) **Name of person responsible for management of the business.**
  - (5) **Name of person responsible for aircraft maintenance.**
  - (6) **Type of aircraft, registration number(s), and make/model/series.**
  - (7) **Antidrug and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program registration.**
- (d) **Compliance.** The Operator must comply with the provisions of the Letter of Authorization received.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2021-0419, Amdt. 91-374, 89 FR 33108, Apr. 26, 2024]

### Source

Source: Docket 18334, 54 FR 34294, Aug. 18, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120, 44101, 44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715,44716, 44717, 44722, 44740, 46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508,47528-47531, 47534; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 828, Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, 61 Stat. 1180.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2021-0419, Amdt. 91-374, 89 FR 33108, Apr. 26, 2024]