Definition
Public aircraft means any of the following aircraft when not being used for a commercial purpose or to carry an individual other than a crewmember or qualified non-crewmenber:
Source: 14 CFR § 1.1 (verbatim from the Federal Aviation Regulations).
Where This Term Is Used
- 14 CFR § 91.703 — § 91.703 Operations of civil aircraft of U.S. registry outside of the United States.
- 14 CFR § 91.145 — § 91.145 Management of aircraft operations in the vicinity of aerial demonstrations and major sporting events.
- 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 § 61.51 — § 61.51 — Pilot Logbooks
- 14 CFR § 91.23 — § 91.23 Truth-in-leasing clause requirement in leases and conditional sales contracts.
- 14 CFR § 91.1105 — § 91.1105 Flight attendants: Initial and transition ground training.
- 14 CFR § 91.321 — § 91.321 Carriage of candidates in elections.
- 14 CFR § 91.323 — § 91.323 Increased maximum certificated weights for certain airplanes operated in Alaska.
- 14 CFR § 91.146 — § 91.146 Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event.
- 14 CFR § 91.137 — § 91.137 Temporary flight restrictions in the vicinity of disaster/hazard areas.
- 14 CFR § 91.141 — § 91.141 Flight restrictions in the proximity of the Presidential and other parties.
11 sections reference this term in their FAR Decoded content.