[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: 14CFR171.209]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 171_NON-FEDERAL NAVIGATION FACILITIES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart H_VHF Marker Beacons

 

Sec. 171.209  Installation requirements.



    (a) The facility must be installed according to accepted good 

engineering practices, applicable electric and safety codes, and Federal 

Communications Commission requirements.

    (b) The facility must have a reliable source of suitable primary 

power.

    (c) Dual transmitting equipment may be required, if applicable, to 

support certain IFR procedures.

    (d) At facilities within or immediately adjacent to controlled 

airspace and that are intended for use as instrument approach aids for 

an airport, there must be ground-air communications or reliable 

communications (at least a landline telephone) from the airport to the 

nearest Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control or 

communication facility. Compliance with this paragraph need not be shown 

at airports where an adjacent Federal Aviation Administration facility 

can communicate with aircraft on the ground at the airport and during 

the entire proposed instrument approach procedure. In addition, at low 

traffic density airports within or immediately adjacent to controlled 

airspace, and where extensive delays are not a factor, the requirements 

of this paragraph may be reduced to reliable communications (at least a 

landline telephone)



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from the airport to the nearest Federal Aviation Administration air 

traffic control or communications facility, if an adjacent Federal 

Aviation Administration facility can communicate with aircraft during 

the proposed instrument approach procedure, at least down to the minimum 

en route altitude for the controlled airspace area.



[Doc. No. 10116, 35 FR 12716, Aug. 11, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 171-16, 

56 FR 65665, Dec. 17, 1991]