[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR141.38]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 141_PILOT SCHOOLS--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart B_Personnel, Aircraft, and Facilities Requirements

 

Sec. 141.38  Airports.



    (a) An applicant for a pilot school certificate or a provisional 

pilot school certificate must show that he or she has continuous use of 

each airport at which training flights originate.

    (b) Each airport used for airplanes and gliders must have at least 

one runway or takeoff area that allows training aircraft to make a 

normal takeoff or landing under the following conditions at the 

aircraft's maximum certificated takeoff gross weight:

    (1) Under wind conditions of not more than 5 miles per hour;

    (2) At temperatures in the operating area equal to the mean high 

temperature for the hottest month of the year;

    (3) If applicable, with the powerplant operation, and landing gear 

and flap operation recommended by the manufacturer; and

    (4) In the case of a takeoff--

    (i) With smooth transition from liftoff to the best rate of climb 

speed without exceptional piloting skills or techniques; and

    (ii) Clearing all obstacles in the takeoff flight path by at least 

50 feet.

    (c) Each airport must have a wind direction indicator that is 

visible from the end of each runway at ground level;

    (d) Each airport must have a traffic direction indicator when:

    (1) The airport does not have an operating control tower; and

    (2) UNICOM advisories are not available.

    (e) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, each 

airport used for night training flights must have permanent runway 

lights;

    (f) An airport or seaplane base used for night training flights in 

seaplanes is permitted to use adequate nonpermanent lighting or 

shoreline lighting, if approved by the Administrator.



[Doc. No. 25910, 62 FR 16347, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 141-9, 62 FR 40907, 

July 30, 1997]