14 CFR 398.9
§ 398.9 Load factor standards.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 398.9, § 398.9 Load factor standards, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/59510
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The load factor standards used in this part may be raised for individual eligible places under either of the following circumstances:
(a) The place is served by the carrier as part of a linear route; or
(b) It would be in the interest of the community, the carrier, or the general public to raise the load factor standard for that place.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.