C.F.R. » Title 14 » CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › SUBCHAPTER F—AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES › PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES › Subpart A—General

14 C.F.R. § 91.1

Applicability

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(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (e), and (f) of this section and §§ 91.701 and 91.703, this part prescribes rules governing the operation of aircraft within the United States, including the waters within 3 nautical miles of the U.S. coast.

(b) Each person operating an aircraft in the airspace overlying the waters between 3 and 12 nautical miles from the coast of the United States must comply with §§ 91.1 through 91.21; §§ 91.101 through 91.143; §§ 91.151 through 91.159; §§ 91.167 through 91.193; § 91.203; § 91.205; §§ 91.209 through 91.217; § 91.221, § 91.225; §§ 91.303 through 91.319; §§ 91.323 through 91.327; § 91.605; § 91.609; §§ 91.703 through 91.715; and § 91.903.

(c) This part applies to each person on board an aircraft being operated under this part, unless otherwise specified.

(d) This part also establishes requirements for operators to take actions to support the continued airworthiness of each aircraft.

(e) This part does not apply to any aircraft or vehicle governed by part 103 of this chapter, or subparts B, C, or D of part 101 of this chapter.

(f) Except as provided in §§ 107.13, 107.27, 107.47, 107.57, and 107.59 of this chapter, this part does not apply to any aircraft governed by part 107 of this chapter.

(g) Additional requirements for powered-lift operations are set forth in part 194 of this chapter.

[Docket 18334, 54 FR 34292, Aug. 18, 1989, as amended by Amdt. 91-257, 64 FR 1079, Jan. 7, 1999; Amdt. 91-282, 69 FR 44880, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 91-297, 72 FR 63410, Nov. 8, 2007; Amdt. 91-314, 75 FR 30193, May 28, 2010; Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 91-343, 81 FR 42208, June 28, 2016; FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 91-379, 89 FR 92485, Nov. 21, 2024]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1969–2025 · leading case: Sikkelee Ex Rel. Est. of Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 822 F.3d 680 (3rd Cir. 2016).
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Sikkelee Ex Rel. Est. of Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 822 F.3d 680 (3rd Cir. 2016). “” 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 (a); see also 14 C.F.R. § 121.”
Fed. Aviation Admin. & United States of Am. v. M. Marshall Landy & Int'l Aircraft Leasing, Inc., 705 F.2d 624 (2d Cir. 1983). “” 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 (a)-(b). In addition to these rules of general applicability, the FAA has promulgated a far more extensive and stringent set of rules for certification and operation of aircraft for what is commonly considered commercial aviation.”
Crout v. Haverfield Int'l, Inc., 269 F. Supp. 3d 90 (W.D.N.Y. 2017). “Although the FARs apply “to- each person on board an aircraft being operated under [Part 91],' unless otherwise specified,” 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 (c), the standard of care, by its terms, applies only to those persons operating the aircraft.”
Bus. Aviation, LLC & Vaughn C. Zimmerman v. Dir. of Revenue, 579 S.W.3d 212 (Mo. 2019). “5 See 14 C.F.R. §§ 91.1 , et. seq. Part 91 flights are not for hire but include flights for maintenance and repositioning of an aircraft.”
United States v. Donald I. Christensen, 419 F.2d 1401 (9th Cir. 1969). · cites it 2× “Thus, 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 , Applicability, provides that “this part describes rules governing the operation of aircraft (other than moored balloons, kites, unmanned rockets, and unmanned free balloons) with the United States.”
Adolphsen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., 907 S.W.2d 333 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995). “Prior to January, 1993, Adolphsen and others in the department told their supervisor that the department was violating Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) safety regulations, set forth in 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 as well as regulations published by the airplane manufacturers.”
Alaska Prof'l Hunters Ass'n v. Fed. Aviation Admin., 177 F.3d 1030 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “See 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 . Despite many 'amendments during the last 35 years, parts 121 and 135 continue to apply to “commercial operator[s],” still defined as those persons who, “for compensation or hire,” carry persons or property by aircraft.”
Hughes v. Eleventh Jud. Circuit of Florida, 274 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (S.D. Fla. 2003). “), pilot conduct ( 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 et seq.), operating requirements ( 14 C.”
Gustafson v. City of Lake Angelus, 856 F. Supp. 320 (E.D. Mich. 1993). “” 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 (a). It provides regulations governing all aspects of the operation of aircraft.”
John L. Haines v. Dep't of Transp., 449 F.2d 1073 (D.C. Cir. 1971). “14 C.F.R. § 91.1 (b) (1971), which provides that: (b) Each person operating a civil aircraft of U.”
Cirrus Expl. Co. v. Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Pub. Accounts of the State of Texas & Ken Paxton, Attorney Gen. of the State of Texas, 427 S.W.3d 464 (Tex. App. 2014). “As mentioned above, Part 91 of these regulations contains the general operating and flight rules applicable to all aircraft operations in the United States, see 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 (“Applicability”), including for example, the familiar FAA regulation requiring that all aircraft be…”
Badger Helicopters Inc. v. FAA (8th Cir. 2025). “” See 14 C.F.R. § 91.1 . We therefore conclude Petitioners’ consideration of impact on aviation safety outside the Parks’ boundaries does not render the Plans arbitrary or capricious.”
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