---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 99.11"
title: "14"
number: "99.11"
heading: "ADIZ flight plan requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/99.11"
---

# §99.11. ADIZ flight plan requirements.

- (a) No person may operate an aircraft into, within, or from a departure point within an ADIZ, unless the person files, activates, and closes a flight plan with the appropriate aeronautical facility, or is otherwise authorized by air traffic control.
- (b) Unless ATC authorizes an abbreviated flight plan—
  - (1) A flight plan for IFR flight must contain the information specified in [§ 91.169](/cfr/14/91.169.md); and
  - (2) A flight plan for VFR flight must contain the information specified in [§ 91.153(a)](/cfr/14/91.153.md?p=a) (1) through (6).
  - (3) If airport of departure is within the Alaskan ADIZ and there is no facility for filing a flight plan then:
    - (i) Immediately after takeoff or when within range of an appropriate aeronautical facility, comply with provisions of paragraph [(b)(1)](#b-1) or [(b)(2)](#b-2) as appropriate.
    - (ii) **Proceed according to the instructions issued by the appropriate aeronautical facility.**
- (c) The pilot shall designate a flight plan for VFR flight as a DVFR flight plan.
- (d) The pilot in command of an aircraft for which a flight plan has been filed must file an arrival or completion notice with an appropriate aeronautical facility.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25113, 53 FR 18217, May 20, 1988; 53 FR 44182, Nov. 2, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 99-15, 54 FR 34331, Aug. 18, 1989; 66 FR 49822, Sept. 28, 2001; 69 FR 16756, Mar. 30, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40101, 40103, 40106, 40113, 40120, 44502, 44721.

### Source

Source: Docket 25113, 53 FR 18217, May 20, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 25113, 53 FR 18217, May 20, 1988; 53 FR 44182, Nov. 2, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 99-15, 54 FR 34331, Aug. 18, 1989; 66 FR 49822, Sept. 28, 2001; 69 FR 16756, Mar. 30, 2004]