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14 CFR · Part 141

14 CFR § 141.38

Airports.

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Part 141 Contents
  • Subpart A: General
  • Subpart B: Personnel, Aircraft, and Facilities Requirements
  • Subpart C: Training Course Outline and Curriculum
  • Subpart D: Examining Authority
  • Subpart E: Operating Rules
  • Subpart F: Records
  • Appendix A to Part 141: Recreational Pilot Certification Course
  • Appendix B to Part 141: Private Pilot Certification Course
  • Appendix C to Part 141: Instrument Rating Course
  • Appendix D to Part 141: Commercial Pilot Certification Course
  • Appendix E to Part 141: Airline Transport Pilot Certification Course
  • Appendix F to Part 141: Flight Instructor Certification Course
  • Appendix G to Part 141: Flight Instructor Instrument (For an Airplane, Helicopter, or Powered-Lift Instrument Instructor Rating, as Appropriate) Certification Course
  • Appendix H to Part 141: Ground Instructor Certification Course
  • Appendix I to Part 141: Additional Aircraft Category and/or Class Rating Course
  • Appendix J to Part 141: Aircraft Type Rating Course, For Other Than an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate
  • Appendix K to Part 141: Special Preparation Courses
  • Appendix L to Part 141: Pilot Ground School Course
  • Appendix M to Part 141: Combined Private Pilot Certification and Instrument Rating Course
(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.

Referenced By

Interpretations of This Section (1)

  • Durocher (JLM Associates), 2016

Documents that cite this section, found in their catalog metadata or text. Listed by date, not by significance.

Reflects the eCFR edition current as of September 29, 2026. Retrieved from ecfr.gov on October 16, 2026.

Primary Source

  • Official Source (14 CFR · Part 141)