14 CFR § 103.11 - Daylight operations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s103.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 103.11 - Daylight operations."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "103.11"
section_name: "Daylight operations."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "103"
part_name: "ULTRALIGHT VEHICLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103-40104, 40113, 44701."
regulatory_source: "Docket 21631, 47 FR 38776, Sept. 2, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "103"
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# 103.11 Daylight operations.

(a) No person may operate an ultralight vehicle except between the hours of sunrise and sunset.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, ultralight vehicles may be operated during the twilight periods 30 minutes before official sunrise and 30 minutes after official sunset or, in Alaska, during the period of civil twilight as defined in the Air Almanac, if:

(1) The vehicle is equipped with an operating anticollision light visible for at least 3 statute miles; and

(2) All operations are conducted in uncontrolled airspace.