Definition
CAT
- See: CLEAR‐AIR TURBULENCE
Source: FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary (verbatim from the Federal Aviation Regulations).
Where This Term Is Used
- 14 CFR § 68.3 — § 68.3 — Medical education course requirements
- 14 CFR § 91.1435 — § 91.1435 CAMP: Certificate requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1089 — § 91.1089 Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator).
- 14 CFR § 91.1091 — § 91.1091 Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator).
- 14 CFR § 91.1103 — § 91.1103 Pilots: Initial, transition, upgrade, requalification, and differences flight training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1047 — § 91.1047 Drug and alcohol misuse education program.
- 14 CFR § 91.1009 — § 91.1009 Clarification of operational control.
- 14 CFR § 91.1014 — § 91.1014 Issuing or denying management specifications.
- 14 CFR § 91.1015 — § 91.1015 Management specifications.
- 14 CFR § 91.1017 — § 91.1017 Amending program manager’s management specifications.
- 14 CFR § 91.1029 — § 91.1029 Flight scheduling and locating requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1037 — § 91.1037 Large transport category airplanes: Turbine engine powered; Limitations; Destination and alternate airports.
- 14 CFR § 91.859 — § 91.859 Modification to meet Stage 3, Stage 4, or Stage 5 noise levels.
- 14 CFR § 91.605 — § 91.605 Transport category civil airplane weight limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.511 — § 91.511 Communication and navigation equipment for overwater operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.317 — § 91.317 Provisionally certificated civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.319 — § 91.319 Aircraft having experimental certificates: Operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.323 — § 91.323 Increased maximum certificated weights for certain airplanes operated in Alaska.
- 14 CFR § 91.325 — § 91.325 Primary category aircraft: Operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.327 — § 91.327 Aircraft issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category: Operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.313 — § 91.313 Restricted category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.315 — § 91.315 Limited category civil aircraft: Operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.183 — § 91.183 IFR communications.
- 14 CFR § 91.185 — § 91.185 IFR operations: Two-way radio communications failure.
- 14 CFR § 91.189 — § 91.189 Category II and III operations: General operating rules.
- 14 CFR § 91.191 — § 91.191 Category II and Category III manual.
- 14 CFR § 91.193 — § 91.193 Certificate of authorization for certain Category II operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.203 — § 91.203 Civil aircraft: Certifications required.
- 14 CFR § 91.205 — § 91.205 Powered civil aircraft with standard U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.207 — § 91.207 Emergency locator transmitters.
- 14 CFR § 61.29 — § 61.29 — Replacement of a Lost or Destroyed Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.321 — § 61.321 — How do I obtain privileges to operate an additional category or class of light-sport aircraft?
- 14 CFR § 61.305 — § 61.305 — Age and Language Requirements for a Sport Pilot Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.307 — § 61.307 — Tests Required to Obtain a Sport Pilot Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.309 — § 61.309 — Aeronautical Knowledge Requirements for a Sport Pilot Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.311 — § 61.311 — Flight Proficiency Requirements for a Sport Pilot Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.313 — § 61.313 — Aeronautical Experience Requirements for a Sport Pilot Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.315 — § 61.315 — Privileges and Limits of a Sport Pilot Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.317 — § 61.317 — Sport Pilot Certificate Category and Class Ratings
- 14 CFR § 61.403 — § 61.403 — Age, Language, and Pilot Certificate Requirements for a Sport Pilot Instructor
- 14 CFR § 61.405 — § 61.405 — Tests Required for a Sport Pilot Instructor Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.413 — § 61.413 — Privileges of a Sport Pilot Instructor Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.415 — § 61.415 — Limitations on a Sport Pilot Instructor Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.417 — § 61.417 — Aircraft Category and Class Listed on a Sport Pilot Instructor Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.419 — § 61.419 — Obtaining Privileges to Provide Training in an Additional Category or Class
- 14 CFR § 61.425 — § 61.425 — How to Renew a Sport Pilot Instructor Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.427 — § 61.427 — Reinstatement After an Expired Sport Pilot Instructor Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.429 — § 61.429 — May a Flight Instructor Certificate Holder Exercise Sport Pilot Instructor Privileges?
- 14 CFR § 61.55 — § 61.55 — Second-in-Command Qualifications
- 14 CFR § 61.195 — § 61.195 — Flight Instructor Limitations and Qualifications
- 14 CFR § 61.197 — § 61.197 — Recent Experience Requirements for Flight Instructor Certification
- 14 CFR § 61.67 — § 61.67 — Category II Pilot Authorization Requirements
- 14 CFR § 61.68 — § 61.68 — Category III Pilot Authorization Requirements
- 14 CFR § 61.156 — § 61.156 — Training Requirements: Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Issued with an Airplane Category Multiengine Class Rating
- 14 CFR § 61.75 — § 61.75 — Private Certificate from Foreign Pilot License
- 14 CFR § 61.159 — § 61.159 — Aeronautical Experience: Airplane Category Rating (Multiengine)
- 14 CFR § 61.160 — § 61.160 — Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with Restricted Privileges
- 14 CFR § 61.161 — § 61.161 — Aeronautical Experience: Airplane Category Rating (Single-Engine)
- 14 CFR § 61.163 — § 61.163 — Aeronautical Experience: Rotorcraft Category Rating
- 14 CFR § 61.85 — § 61.85 — Student Pilot Application
- 14 CFR § 61.165 — § 61.165 — Additional Aircraft Category and Class Ratings
- 14 CFR § 61.41 — § 61.41 — Flight Training from Flight Instructors Not Certificated by the FAA
- 14 CFR § 61.3 — § 61.3 — Requirement for Certificates, Ratings, Privileges, and Authorizations
- 14 CFR § 61.4 — § 61.4 — Qualification and Approval of Flight Simulators and Flight Training Devices
- 14 CFR § 61.5 — § 61.5 — Certificates and Ratings Issued Under This Part
- 14 CFR § 61.7 — § 61.7 — Obsolete Certificates and Ratings
- 14 CFR § 61.11 — § 61.11 — Expired Pilot Certificates and Re-Issuance
- 14 CFR § 61.13 — § 61.13 — Issuance of Airman Certificates, Ratings, and Authorizations
- 14 CFR § 61.17 — § 61.17 — Temporary Certificate
- 14 CFR § 61.19 — § 61.19 — Duration of Pilot and Instructor Certificates and Privileges
- 14 CFR § 61.21 — § 61.21 — Duration of a Category II and Category III Pilot Authorization
- 14 CFR § 61.23 — § 61.23 — Medical Certificates: Requirement and Duration
- 14 CFR § 61.27 — § 61.27 — Voluntary Surrender or Exchange of Certificate
- 14 CFR § 91.23 — § 91.23 Truth-in-leasing clause requirement in leases and conditional sales contracts.
- 14 CFR § 91.1711 — § 91.1711 Aeronautical experience.
- 14 CFR § 91.1715 — § 91.1715 Currency requirements and flight review.
- 14 CFR § 91.1719 — § 91.1719 Credit for prior training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1721 — § 91.1721 Incorporation by reference.
- 14 CFR § 91.1505 — § 91.1505 Repairs assessment for pressurized fuselages.
- 14 CFR § 91.1507 — § 91.1507 Fuel tank system inspection program.
- 14 CFR § 91.1603 — § 91.1603 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 112—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Libya.
- 14 CFR § 91.1605 — § 91.1605 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 77—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Baghdad Flight Information Region (FIR) (ORBB).
- 14 CFR § 91.1609 — § 91.1609 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 114—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Damascus Flight Information Region (FIR) (OSTT).
- 14 CFR § 91.1611 — § 91.1611 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 115—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in Specified Areas of the Sanaa Flight Information Region (FIR) (OYSC).
- 14 CFR § 91.1613 — § 91.1613 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 107—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Somalia.
- 14 CFR § 91.1615 — § 91.1615 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 79—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) (ZKKP).
- 14 CFR § 91.1617 — § 91.1617 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 117—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Tehran Flight Information Region (FIR) (OIIX).
- 14 CFR § 91.1619 — § 91.1619 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 119—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Kabul Flight Information Region (FIR) (OAKX).
- 14 CFR § 91.1703 — § 91.1703 Compliance and eligibility.
- 14 CFR § 91.1705 — § 91.1705 Required pilot training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1707 — § 91.1707 Training program hours.
- 14 CFR § 91.1109 — § 91.1109 Aircraft maintenance: Inspection program.
- 14 CFR § 91.1115 — § 91.1115 Inoperable instruments and equipment.
- 14 CFR § 91.1413 — § 91.1413 CAMP: Responsibility for airworthiness.
- 14 CFR § 91.1415 — § 91.1415 CAMP: Mechanical reliability reports.
- 14 CFR § 91.1417 — § 91.1417 CAMP: Mechanical interruption summary report.
- 14 CFR § 91.1427 — § 91.1427 CAMP: Manual requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1429 — § 91.1429 CAMP: Required inspection personnel.
- 14 CFR § 91.1431 — § 91.1431 CAMP: Continuing analysis and surveillance.
- 14 CFR § 91.1437 — § 91.1437 CAMP: Authority to perform and approve maintenance.
- 14 CFR § 91.1439 — § 91.1439 CAMP: Maintenance recording requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1441 — § 91.1441 CAMP: Transfer of maintenance records.
- 14 CFR § 91.1443 — § 91.1443 CAMP: Airworthiness release or aircraft maintenance log entry.
- 14 CFR § 91.1075 — § 91.1075 Training program: Special rules.
- 14 CFR § 91.1077 — § 91.1077 Training program and revision: Initial and final approval.
- 14 CFR § 91.1079 — § 91.1079 Training program: Curriculum.
- 14 CFR § 91.1081 — § 91.1081 Crewmember training requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1083 — § 91.1083 Crewmember emergency training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1087 — § 91.1087 Approval of aircraft simulators and other training devices.
- 14 CFR § 91.1095 — § 91.1095 Initial and transition training and checking: Flight instructors (aircraft), flight instructors (simulator).
- 14 CFR § 91.1097 — § 91.1097 Pilot and flight attendant crewmember training programs.
- 14 CFR § 91.1101 — § 91.1101 Pilots: Initial, transition, and upgrade ground training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1105 — § 91.1105 Flight attendants: Initial and transition ground training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1049 — § 91.1049 Personnel.
- 14 CFR § 91.1050 — § 91.1050 Employment of former FAA employees.
- 14 CFR § 91.1053 — § 91.1053 Crewmember experience.
- 14 CFR § 91.1055 — § 91.1055 Pilot operating limitations and pairing requirement.
- 14 CFR § 91.1057 — § 91.1057 Flight, duty and rest time requirements: All crewmembers.
- 14 CFR § 91.1061 — § 91.1061 Augmented flight crews.
- 14 CFR § 91.1062 — § 91.1062 Duty periods and rest requirements: Flight attendants.
- 14 CFR § 91.1063 — § 91.1063 Testing and training: Applicability and terms used.
- 14 CFR § 91.1065 — § 91.1065 Initial and recurrent pilot testing requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1067 — § 91.1067 Initial and recurrent flight attendant crewmember testing requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1069 — § 91.1069 Flight crew: Instrument proficiency check requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1071 — § 91.1071 Crewmember: Tests and checks, grace provisions, training to accepted standards.
- 14 CFR § 91.1073 — § 91.1073 Training program: General.
- 14 CFR § 91.1011 — § 91.1011 Operational control responsibilities and delegation.
- 14 CFR § 91.1013 — § 91.1013 Operational control briefing and acknowledgment.
- 14 CFR § 91.1019 — § 91.1019 Conducting tests and inspections.
- 14 CFR § 91.1023 — § 91.1023 Program operating manual requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1025 — § 91.1025 Program operating manual contents.
- 14 CFR § 91.1027 — § 91.1027 Recordkeeping.
- 14 CFR § 91.1035 — § 91.1035 Passenger awareness.
- 14 CFR § 91.1039 — § 91.1039 IFR takeoff, approach and landing minimums.
- 14 CFR § 91.1041 — § 91.1041 Aircraft proving and validation tests.
- 14 CFR § 91.867 — § 91.867 Phased compliance for new entrants.
- 14 CFR § 91.871 — § 91.871 Waivers from interim compliance requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.873 — § 91.873 Waivers from final compliance.
- 14 CFR § 91.875 — § 91.875 Annual progress reports.
- 14 CFR § 91.877 — § 91.877 Annual reporting of Hawaiian operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.883 — § 91.883 Special flight authorizations for jet airplanes weighing 75,000 pounds or less.
- 14 CFR § 91.903 — § 91.903 Policy and procedures.
- 14 CFR § 91.905 — § 91.905 List of rules subject to waivers.
- 14 CFR § 91.1001 — § 91.1001 Applicability.
- 14 CFR § 91.1002 — § 91.1002 Compliance date.
- 14 CFR § 91.1003 — § 91.1003 Management contract between owner and program manager.
- 14 CFR § 91.1005 — § 91.1005 Prohibitions and limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.1007 — § 91.1007 Flights conducted under part 121 or part 135 of this chapter.
- 14 CFR § 91.715 — § 91.715 Special flight authorizations for foreign civil aircraft.
- 14 CFR § 91.801 — § 91.801 Applicability: Relation to part 36.
- 14 CFR § 91.815 — § 91.815 Agricultural and fire fighting airplanes: Noise operating limitations.
- 14 CFR § 91.818 — § 91.818 Special flight authorization to exceed Mach 1.
- 14 CFR § 91.851 — § 91.851 Definitions.
- 14 CFR § 91.857 — § 91.857 Stage 2 operations outside of the 48 contiguous United States.
- 14 CFR § 91.858 — § 91.858 Special flight authorizations for non-revenue Stage 2 operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.861 — § 91.861 Base level.
- 14 CFR § 91.863 — § 91.863 Transfers of Stage 2 airplanes with base level.
- 14 CFR § 91.535 — § 91.535 Stowage of food, beverage, and passenger service equipment during aircraft movement on the surface, takeoff, and landing.
- 14 CFR § 91.601 — § 91.601 Applicability.
- 14 CFR § 91.603 — § 91.603 Aural speed warning device.
- 14 CFR § 91.607 — § 91.607 Emergency exits for airplanes carrying passengers for hire.
- 14 CFR § 91.609 — § 91.609 Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders.
- 14 CFR § 91.611 — § 91.611 Authorization for ferry flight with one engine inoperative.
- 14 CFR § 91.613 — § 91.613 Materials for compartment interiors.
- 14 CFR § 91.703 — § 91.703 Operations of civil aircraft of U.S. registry outside of the United States.
- 14 CFR § 91.709 — § 91.709 Operations to Cuba.
- 14 CFR § 91.711 — § 91.711 Special rules for foreign civil aircraft.
- 14 CFR § 91.509 — § 91.509 Survival equipment for overwater operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.513 — § 91.513 Emergency equipment.
- 14 CFR § 91.519 — § 91.519 Passenger briefing.
- 14 CFR § 91.521 — § 91.521 Shoulder harness.
- 14 CFR § 91.523 — § 91.523 Carry-on baggage.
- 14 CFR § 91.525 — § 91.525 Carriage of cargo.
- 14 CFR § 91.527 — § 91.527 Operating in icing conditions.
- 14 CFR § 91.529 — § 91.529 Flight engineer requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.531 — § 91.531 Second in command requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.326 — § 91.326 Exception to operating certain aircraft for the purposes of flight training, flightcrew member checking, or flightcrew member testing.
- 14 CFR § 91.403 — § 91.403 General.
- 14 CFR § 91.405 — § 91.405 Maintenance required.
- 14 CFR § 91.407 — § 91.407 Operation after maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, or alteration.
- 14 CFR § 91.409 — § 91.409 Inspections.
- 14 CFR § 91.411 — § 91.411 Altimeter system and altitude reporting equipment tests and inspections.
- 14 CFR § 91.413 — § 91.413 ATC transponder tests and inspections.
- 14 CFR § 91.415 — § 91.415 Changes to aircraft inspection programs.
- 14 CFR § 91.417 — § 91.417 Maintenance records.
- 14 CFR § 91.213 — § 91.213 Inoperative instruments and equipment.
- 14 CFR § 91.215 — § 91.215 ATC transponder and altitude reporting equipment and use.
- 14 CFR § 91.217 — § 91.217 Data correspondence between automatically reported pressure altitude data and the pilot’s altitude reference.
- 14 CFR § 91.219 — § 91.219 Altitude alerting system or device: Turbojet-powered civil airplanes.
- 14 CFR § 91.223 — § 91.223 Terrain awareness and warning system.
- 14 CFR § 91.225 — § 91.225 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment and use.
- 14 CFR § 91.227 — § 91.227 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment performance requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.307 — § 91.307 Parachutes and parachuting.
- 14 CFR § 91.309 — § 91.309 Towing: Gliders and unpowered ultralight vehicles.
- 14 CFR § 91.311 — § 91.311 Towing: Other than under § 91.309.
- 14 CFR § 91.176 — § 91.176 Straight-in landing operations below DA/DH or MDA using an enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) under IFR.
- 14 CFR § 91.187 — § 91.187 Operation under IFR in controlled airspace: Malfunction reports.
- 14 CFR § 91.143 — § 91.143 Flight limitation in the proximity of space flight operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.144 — § 91.144 Temporary restriction on flight operations during abnormally high barometric pressure conditions.
- 14 CFR § 91.145 — § 91.145 Management of aircraft operations in the vicinity of aerial demonstrations and major sporting events.
- 14 CFR § 91.146 — § 91.146 Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event.
- 14 CFR § 91.147 — § 91.147 Passenger-carrying flights for compensation or hire.
- 14 CFR § 91.153 — § 91.153 VFR flight plan: Information required.
- 14 CFR § 91.157 — § 91.157 Special VFR weather minimums.
- 14 CFR § 91.161 — § 91.161 Special awareness training required for pilots flying under visual flight rules within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME.
- 14 CFR § 91.167 — § 91.167 Fuel requirements for flight in IFR conditions.
- 14 CFR § 91.169 — § 91.169 IFR flight plan: Information required.
- 14 CFR § 91.171 — § 91.171 VOR equipment check for IFR operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.175 — § 91.175 Takeoff and landing under IFR.
- 14 CFR § 91.113 — § 91.113 Right-of-way rules: Except water operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.117 — § 91.117 Aircraft speed.
- 14 CFR § 91.123 — § 91.123 Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions.
- 14 CFR § 91.126 — § 91.126 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.127 — § 91.127 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class E airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.129 — § 91.129 Operations in Class D airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.130 — § 91.130 Operations in Class C airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.131 — § 91.131 Operations in Class B airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.135 — § 91.135 Operations in Class A airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.137 — § 91.137 Temporary flight restrictions in the vicinity of disaster/hazard areas.
- 14 CFR § 91.138 — § 91.138 Temporary flight restrictions in national disaster areas in the State of Hawaii.
- 14 CFR § 91.139 — § 91.139 Emergency air traffic rules.
- 14 CFR § 91.5 — § 91.5 Pilot in command of aircraft requiring more than one required pilot.
- 14 CFR § 91.9 — § 91.9 Civil aircraft flight manual, marking, and placard requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.17 — § 91.17 Alcohol or drugs.
- 14 CFR § 91.21 — § 91.21 Portable electronic devices.
- 14 CFR § 91.107 — § 91.107 Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems.
- 14 CFR § 91.108 — § 91.108 Use of supplemental restraint systems.
- 14 CFR § 91.109 — § 91.109 Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight and certain flight tests.
- 14 CFR § 61.47 — § 61.47 — Status of an Examiner Who Is Authorized by the Administrator to Conduct Practical Tests
- 14 CFR § 61.49 — § 61.49 — Retesting After Failure
- 14 CFR § 61.51 — § 61.51 — Pilot Logbooks
- 14 CFR § 61.52 — § 61.52 — Use of Aeronautical Experience Obtained in Ultralight Vehicles
- 14 CFR § 61.53 — § 61.53 — Prohibition on Operations During Medical Deficiency
- 14 CFR § 61.56 — § 61.56 — Flight Review
- 14 CFR § 61.57 — § 61.57 — Recent Flight Experience: Pilot in Command
- 14 CFR § 61.58 — § 61.58 — Pilot-in-Command Proficiency Check for Multi-Crew and Turbojet Aircraft
- 14 CFR § 61.60 — § 61.60 — Change of Address
237 sections reference this term in their FAR Decoded content.