14 CFR 91.303

§ 91.303 Aerobatic flight.

United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective

Cite this

Citation: 14 CFR 91.303, § 91.303 Aerobatic flight, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/55950
Permanent ID: ys:prov:55950@1
SHA-256: c206cdeb85ed713ae4bd369fa76802db55e3f732fe6c57a4605b05c987080aa4

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

No person may operate an aircraft in aerobatic flight— (a) Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement; (b) Over an open air assembly of persons; (c) Within the lateral boundaries of the surface areas of Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E airspace designated for an airport; (d) Within 4 nautical miles of the center line of any Federal airway; (e) Below an altitude of 1,500 feet above the surface; or (f) When flight visibility is less than 3 statute miles. For the purposes of this section, aerobatic flight means an intentional maneuver involving an abrupt change in an aircraft's attitude, an abnormal attitude, or abnormal acceleration, not necessary for normal flight.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.