---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 91.153"
title: "14"
number: "91.153"
heading: "VFR flight plan: Information required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/91.153"
---

# §91.153. VFR flight plan: Information required.

- (a) **Information required.** Unless otherwise authorized by ATC, each person filing a VFR flight plan shall include in it the following information:
  - (1) **The aircraft identification number and, if necessary, its radio call sign.**
  - (2) The type of the aircraft or, in the case of a formation flight, the type of each aircraft and the number of aircraft in the formation.
  - (3) The full name and address of the pilot in command or, in the case of a formation flight, the formation commander.
  - (4) **The point and proposed time of departure.**
  - (5) **The proposed route, cruising altitude (or flight level), and true airspeed at that altitude.**
  - (6) **The point of first intended landing and the estimated elapsed time until over that point.**
  - (7) **The amount of fuel on board (in hours).**
  - (8) The number of persons in the aircraft, except where that information is otherwise readily available to the FAA.
  - (9) **Any other information the pilot in command or ATC believes is necessary for ATC purposes.**
- (b) **Cancellation.** When a flight plan has been activated, the pilot in command, upon canceling or completing the flight under the flight plan, shall notify an FAA Flight Service Station or ATC facility.

## Notes

### 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.