[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: 14CFR121.117]



[Page 428-429]

 

                     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 F_Approval of Areas and Routes for Supplemental Operations

 

Sec. 121.117  Airports: Required data.



    (a) No certificate holder conducting supplemental operations may use 

any airport unless it is properly equipped and adequate for the proposed 

operation, considering such items as size, surface, obstructions, 

facilities, public protection, lighting, navigational and communications 

aids, and ATC.

    (b) Each certificate holder conducting supplemental operations must 

show that it has an approved system



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for obtaining, maintaining, and distributing to appropriate personnel 

current aeronautical data for each airport it uses to ensure a safe 

operation at that airport. The aeronautical data must include the 

following:

    (1) Airports.

    (i) Facilities.

    (ii) Public protection.

    (iii) Navigational and communications aids.

    (iv) Construction affecting takeoff, landing, or ground operations.

    (v) Air traffic facilities.

    (2) Runways, clearways, and stopways.

    (i) Dimensions.

    (ii) Surface.

    (iii) Marking and lighting systems.

    (iv) Elevation and gradient.

    (3) Displaced thresholds.

    (i) Location.

    (ii) Dimensions.

    (iii) Takeoff or landing or both.

    (4) Obstacles.

    (i) Those affecting takeoff and landing performance computations in 

accordance with Subpart I of this part.

    (ii) Controlling obstacles.

    (5) Instrument flight procedures.

    (i) Departure procedure.

    (ii) Approach procedure.

    (iii) Missed approach procedure.

    (6) Special information.

    (i) Runway visual range measurement equipment.

    (ii) Prevailing winds under low visibility conditions.

    (c) If the certificate-holding district office charged with the 

overall inspection of the certificate holder's operations finds that 

revisions are necessary for the continued adequacy of the certificate 

holder's system for collection, dissemination, and usage of aeronautical 

data that has been granted approval, the certificate holder shall, after 

notification by the certificate-holding district office, make those 

revisions in the system. Within 30 days after the certificate holder 

receives such notice, the certificate holder may file a petition to 

reconsider the notice with the Director, Flight Standards Service. This 

filing of a petition to reconsider stays the notice pending a decision 

by the Director, Flight Standards Service. However, if the certificate-

holding district office finds that there is an emergency that requires 

immediate action in the interest of safety in air transportation, the 

Director, Flight Standards Service may, upon a statement of the reasons, 

require a change effective without stay.



[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19195, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-162, 

45 FR 46738, July 10, 1980; Amdt. 121-207, 54 FR 39293, Sept. 25, 1989; 

Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2610, Jan. 26, 1996]