[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: 14CFR121.195]



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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 I_Airplane Performance Operating Limitations

 

Sec. 121.195  Airplanes: Turbine engine powered: Landing limitations: 

Destination airports.



    (a) No person operating a turbine engine powered airplane may take 

off that airplane at such a weight that (allowing for normal consumption 

of fuel and oil in flight to the destination or alternate airport) the 

weight of the airplane on arrival would exceed the landing weight set 

forth in the Airplane Flight Manual for the elevation of the destination 

or alternate airport and the ambient temperature anticipated at the time 

of landing.

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of this 

section, no person operating a turbine engine powered airplane may take 

off that airplane unless its weight on arrival, allowing for normal 

consumption of fuel and oil in flight (in accordance with the landing 

distance set forth in the Airplane Flight Manual for the elevation of 

the destination airport and the wind conditions anticipated there at the 

time of landing), would allow a full stop landing at the intended 

destination airport within 60 percent of the effective length of each 

runway described below from a point 50 feet above the intersection of 

the obstruction clearance plane and the runway. For the purpose of 

determining the allowable landing weight at the destination airport the 

following is assumed:

    (1) The airplane is landed on the most favorable runway and in the 

most favorable direction, in still air.

    (2) The airplane is landed on the most suitable runway considering 

the probable wind velocity and direction and the ground handling 

characteristics of the airplane, and considering other conditions such 

as landing aids and terrain.

    (c) A turbopropeller powered airplane that would be prohibited from 

being taken off because it could not meet the requirements of paragraph 

(b)(2) of this section, may be taken off if an alternate airport is 

specified that meets all the requirements of this section except that 

the airplane can accomplish a full stop landing within 70 percent of the 

effective length of the runway.

    (d) Unless, based on a showing of actual operating landing 

techniques on wet runways, a shorter landing distance (but never less 

than that required by paragraph (b) of this section) has been approved 

for a specific type and model airplane and included in the Airplane 

Flight Manual, no person may takeoff a turbojet powered airplane when 

the appropriate weather reports and forecasts, or a combination thereof, 

indicate that the runways at the



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destination airport may be wet or slippery at the estimated time of 

arrival unless the effective runway length at the destination airport is 

at least 115 percent of the runway length required under paragraph (b) 

of this section.

    (e) A turbojet powered airplane that would be prohibited from being 

taken off because it could not meet the requirements of paragraph (b)(2) 

of this section may be taken off if an alternate airport is specified 

that meets all the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section.



[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19198, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-9, 

30 FR 8572, July 7, 1965]