Federal Aviation Regulations

Part 119: Certification: Air carriers and commercial operators

Special Federal Aviation Regulations

• SFAR No. 78

Federal Aviation Regulations

Subpart A - General


• Sec. 119.1 - 119
• Sec. 119.3 - Definitions.
• Sec. 119.5 - Certifications, authorizations, and prohibitions.
• Sec. 119.7 - Operations specifications.
• Sec. 119.9 - Use of business names.

Subpart B - Applicability of Operating Requirements to Different Kinds of Operations Under Parts 121, 125, and 135 of This Chapter



• Sec. 119.21 - Commercial operators engaged in intrastate common carriage and direct air carriers.
• Sec. 119.23 - Operators engaged in passenger-carrying operations, cargo operations, or both with airplanes when common carriage is not involved.
• Sec. 119.25 - Rotorcraft operations: Direct air carriers and commercial operators.

Subpart C - Certification, Operations Specifications, and Certain Other Requirements for Operations Conducted Under Part 121 or Part 135 of This Chapter



• Sec. 119.31 - Applicability.
• Sec. 119.33 - General requirements.
• Sec. 119.35 - Certificate application requirements for all operators.
• Sec. 119.36 - Additional certificate application requirements for commercial operators.
• Sec. 119.37 - Contents of an Air Carrier Certificate or Operating Certificate.
• Sec. 119.39 - Issuing or denying a certificate.
• Sec. 119.41 - Amending a certificate.
• Sec. 119.43 - Certificate holder's duty to maintain operations specifications.
• Sec. 119.45 - [Reserved]
• Sec. 119.47 - Maintaining a principal base of operations, main operations base, and main maintenance base; change of address.
• Sec. 119.49 - Contents of operations specifications.
• Sec. 119.51 - Amending operations specifications.
• Sec. 119.53 - Wet leasing of aircraft and other arrangements for transportation by air.
• Sec. 119.55 - Obtaining deviation authority to perform operations under a U.S. military contract.
• Sec. 119.57 - Obtaining deviation authority to perform an emergency operation.
• Sec. 119.59 - Conducting tests and inspections.
• Sec. 119.61 - Duration and surrender of certificate and operations specifications.
• Sec. 119.63 - Recency of operation.
• Sec. 119.65 - Management personnel required for operations conducted under part 121 of this chapter.
• Sec. 119.67 - Management personnel: Qualifications for operations conducted under part 121 of this chapter.
• Sec. 119.69 - Management personnel required for operations conducted under part 135 of this chapter.
• Sec. 119.71 - Management personnel: Qualifications for operations conducted under part 135 of this chapter.
• Sec. 119.72 - Reports by air carriers on incidents involving animals during air transport.