---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 93.375"
title: "14"
number: "93.375"
heading: "General operating procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/93.375"
---

# §93.375. General operating procedures.

- (a) No person may operate a helicopter or powered-lift operating in the vertical-lift flight mode in the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Flight Restrictions Area unless the person is conducting an essential operation as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) **Essential operations are operations conducted for the following purposes—**
  - (1) Lifesaving medical;
  - (2) Active law enforcement involving responses to ongoing criminal activity;
  - (3) Active national security directly involving national defense or counterintelligence;
  - (4) Continuity activities for the Federal government to ensure the continued operation of essential governmental functions under a broad range of circumstances, including all-hazard emergencies; or
  - (5) **Transportation of the President or Vice President of the United States.**
- (c) Proficiency evaluation flights, other transportation of personnel not directly involved in an essential operation, and routine training operations are not essential operations as provided for in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.

## Notes

### Source

Source: [Docket No. FAA-2026-0199; Amdt. No. 93-105, 91 FR 2846, Jan. 23, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40106, 40109, 40113, 44502, 44514, 44701, 44715, 44719, 46301.