[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR121.103]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 121_OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: DOMESTIC, FLAG, AND SUPPLEMENTAL 

OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart E_Approval of Routes: Domestic and Flag Operations

 

Sec. 121.103  En route navigational facilities.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each 

certificate holder conducting domestic or flag operations must show, for 

each proposed route, that nonvisual ground aids are--

    (1) Available over the route for navigating aircraft within the 

degree of accuracy required for ATC; and

    (2) Located to allow navigation to any regular, provisional, 

refueling, or alternate airport, within the degree of accuracy necessary 

for the operation involved.



Except for those aids required for routes to alternate airports, 

nonvisual ground aids required for approval of routes outside of 

controlled airspace are listed in the certificate holder's operations 

specifications.

    (b) Nonvisual ground aids are not required for--

    (1) Day VFR operations that the certificate holder shows can be 

conducted safely by pilotage because of the characteristics of the 

terrain;

    (2) Night VFR operations on routes that the certificate holder shows 

have reliably lighted landmarks adequate for safe operation; and

    (3) Operations on route segments where the use of celestial or other 

specialized means of navigation is approved by the Administrator.



[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19194, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-253, 

61 FR 2610, Jan. 26, 1996]



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