Regulation Text
(a) This subpart applies to the operations of civil aircraft of U.S. registry outside of the United States and the operations of foreign civil aircraft within the United States.
(b) Section 91.702 of this subpart also applies to each person on board an aircraft operated as follows:
(1) A U.S. registered civil aircraft operated outside the United States;
(2) Any aircraft operated outside the United States—
(i) That has its next scheduled destination or last place of departure in the United States if the aircraft next lands in the United States; or
(ii) If the aircraft lands in the United States with the individual still on the aircraft regardless of whether it was a scheduled or otherwise planned landing site.
[Docket FAA-1998-4954, 64 FR 1079, Jan. 7, 1999]
Research Notes
Section 91.701 establishes the applicability of Subpart H — Foreign Aircraft Operations and Operations of U.S.-Registered Civil Aircraft Outside of the United States.
What Subpart H covers: The two operational categories — (1) foreign-registered aircraft operating IN the United States, and (2) U.S.-registered aircraft operating OUTSIDE the U.S. Both categories are governed by specific rules in Subpart H.
The two-way framework: The U.S. recognizes the operating standards of countries party to the Chicago Convention (ICAO). Foreign-registered aircraft operating in the U.S. must comply with the higher of: their country's standards, or U.S. standards. U.S.-registered aircraft operating abroad must comply with the higher of: U.S. standards, or the local country's standards.
Reference: ICAO Chicago Convention; ICAO Annexes.
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