FAR/AIM 2021

Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual

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• Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781619549500
• eBook ISBN: 9781619549517
• Topic: Tecnologia e ingegneria
• Subtopic: Aviazione

ASA has built a reputation for providing the aviation community with the most accurate and reliable FAR/AIM products available. The 2021 FAR/AIM book continues this tradition, containing complete and up-to-date information from Titles 14 and 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 and 49 CFR) pertinent to General Aviation, Sport Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operators, combined with the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), and a free email subscription service for you to receive updated information as it is released by the FAA.

Convenient handbook-sized 6" x 9" format includes:

• Parts 1, 43, 48, 61, 67, 68, 71, 73, 91, 97, 103, 105, 107, 110, 117, 119, 135, 136, 137, 141, 142, NTSB 830, TSA 1552
• Unabridged text of AIM, including full-color graphics
• Pilot/Controller Glossary
• NASA Aviation Safety Reporting Form
• The Pilot's Bill of Rights

Additional features:

• FREE updates available online and via email subscription service service for instant access to regulation changes as they are released throughout the 1-year book lifecycle (sign up on ASA's website)
• Changes and updates since last edition clearly marked
• Suggested regulation study list for each certificate and rating
• Tabs included for quick reference
• Comprehensive FAR and AIM index.

ASA's FAR/AIM books have been the standard regulatory reference of the industry for 75 years. ASA consolidates the FAA regulations and procedures into easy-to-use reference books full of information pertinent to pilots, flight crew, and aviation maintenance technicians.

14 CFR • Subchapter A—Definitions and General Requirements

PART 1

DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Sec.

1.1 General definitions.

1.2 Abbreviations and symbols.

1.3 Rules of construction.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701.

§1.1 General definitions.

As used in Subchapters A through K of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

Administrator means the Federal Aviation Administrator or any person to whom he has delegated his authority in the matter concerned.

Aerodynamic coefficients means nondimensional coefficients for aerodynamic forces and moments.

Air carrier means a person who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.

Air commerce means interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce or the transportation of mail by aircraft or any operation or navigation of aircraft within the limits of any Federal airway or any operation or navigation of aircraft which directly affects, or which may endanger safety in, interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce.

Aircraft means a device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air.

Aircraft engine means an engine that is used or intended to be used for propelling aircraft. It includes turbosuperchargers, appurtenances, and accessories necessary for its functioning, but does not include propellers.

Airframe means the fuselage, booms, nacelles, cowlings, fairings, airfoil surfaces (including rotors but excluding propellers and rotating airfoils of engines), and landing gear of an aircraft and their accessories and controls.

Airplane means an engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air, that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings.

Airport means an area of land or water that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and includes its buildings and facilities, if any.

Airship means an engine-driven lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered.

Air traffic means aircraft operating in the air or on an airport surface, exclusive of loading ramps and parking areas.

Air traffic clearance means an authorization by air traffic control, for the purpose of preventing collision between known aircraft, for an aircraft to proceed under specified traffic conditions within controlled airspace.

Air traffic control means a service operated by appropriate authority to promote the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic.

Air Traffic Service (ATS) route is a specified route designated for channeling the flow of traffic as necessary for the provision of air traffic services. The term “ATS route” refers to a variety of airways, including jet routes, area navigation (RNAV) routes, and arrival and departure routes. An ATS route is defined by route specifications, which may include:

(1) An ATS route designator;

(2) The path to or from significant points;

(3) Distance between significant points;

(4) Reporting requirements; and

(5) The lowest safe altitude determined by the appropriate authority.

Air transportation means interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation or the transportation of mail by aircraft.

Alert Area. An alert area is established to inform pilots of a specific area wherein a high volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aeronautical activity is conducted.

Alternate airport means an airport at which an aircraft may land if a landing at the intended airport becomes inadvisable.

Altitude engine means a reciprocating aircraft engine having a rated takeoff power that is producible from sea level to an established higher altitude.

Amateur rocket means an unmanned rocket that:

(1) Is propelled by a motor or motors having a combined total impulse of 889,600 Newton-seconds (200,000 pound-seconds) or less; and

(2) Cannot reach an altitude greater than 150 kilometers (93.2 statute miles) above the earth’s surface.

Appliance means any instrument, mechanism, equipment, part, apparatus, appurtenance, or accessory, including communications equipment, that is used or intended to be used in operating or controlling an aircraft in flight, is installed in or attached to the aircraft, and is not part of an airframe, engine, or propeller.

Approved, unless used with reference to another person, means approved by the FAA or any person to whom the FAA has delegated its authority in the matter concerned, or approved under the provisions of a bilateral agreement between the United States and a foreign country or jurisdiction.

Area navigation (RNAV) is a method of navigation that permits aircraft operations on any desired flight path.

Area navigation (RNAV) route is an ATS route based on RNAV that can be used by suitably equipped aircraft.

Armed Forces means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including their regular and reserve components and members serving without component status.

Autorotation means a rotorcraft flight condition in which the lifting rotor is driven entirely by action of the air when the rotorcraft is in motion.

Auxiliary rotor means a rotor that serves either to counteract the effect of the main rotor torque on a rotorcraft or to maneuver the rotorcraft about one or more of its three principal axes.

Balloon means a lighter-than-air aircraft that is not engine driven, and that sustains flight through the use of either gas buoyancy or an airborne heater.

Brake horsepower means the power delivered at the propeller shaft (main drive or main output) of an aircraft engine.

Calibrated airspeed means the indicated airspeed of an aircraft, corrected for position and instrument error. Calibrated airspeed is equal to true airspeed in standard atmosphere at sea level.

Canard means the forward wing of a canard configuration and may be a fixed, movable, or variable geometry surface, with or without control surfaces.

Canard configuration means a configuration in which the span of the forward wing is substantially less than that of the main wing.

Category:

(1) As used with respect to the certification, ratings, privileges, and limitations of airmen, means a broad classification of aircraft. Examples include: airplane; rotorcraft; glider; and lighter-than-air; and

(2) As used with respect to the certification of aircraft, means a grouping of aircraft based upon intended use or operating limitations. Examples include: transport, normal, utility, acrobatic, limited, restricted, and provisional.

Category A, with respect to transport category rotorcraft, means multiengine rotorcraft designed with engine and system isolation features specified in Part 29 and utilizing scheduled takeoff and landing operations under a critical engine failure concept which assures adequate designated surface area and adequate performance capability for continued sa...

Table of contents

• Copyright
• Introduction
• Summary of Major Changes Since 2020
• Pilot's Bill of Rights
• FAR Parts Listed in Titles 14 and 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• Suggested Study List
• Part 1 Definitions and Abbreviations
• Part 43 Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration
• Part 48 Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft
• Part 61 Certification: Pilots and Instructors
• Part 67 Medical Standards and Certification
• Part 68 Operating Small Aircraft Without a Medical Certificate
• Part 71 Airspace
• Part 73 Special Use Airspace
• Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
• Part 97 Standard Instrument Procedures
• Part 103 Ultralight Vehicles
• Part 105 Parachute Operations
• Part 107 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
• Part 110 General Requirements
• Part 117 Flight and Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements: Flightcrew Members
• Part 119 Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators
• Part 135 Operating Requirements: Commuter and On Demand Operations
• Part 136 Commercial Air Tours and National Parks Air Tour Management
• Part 137 Agricultural Aircraft Operations
• Part 141 Pilot Schools
• Part 142 Training Centers
• 49 CFR NTSB 830 Accident Reporting
• 49 CFR TSA 1552 Flight Training Security
• Aeronautical Information Manual
• Introduction
• Explanation of Major Changes
• Chapter 1: Air Navigation
• Chapter 2: Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids
• Chapter 3: Airspace
• Chapter 4: Air Traffic Control
• Chapter 5: Air Traffic Procedures
• Chapter 6: Emergency Procedures
• Chapter 7: Safety of Flight
• Chapter 8: Medical Facts for Pilots
• Chapter 9: Aeronautical Charts and Related Publications
• Chapter 10: Helicopter Operations
• Appendix 1: Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Report
• Appendix 2: Volcanic Activity Reporting Form (VAR)
• Appendix 3: Abbreviations/Acronyms
• Pilot/Controller Glossary
• NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System
• Index