14 CFR § 103.13 - Operation near aircraft; right-of-way rules.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s103.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 103.13 - Operation near aircraft; right-of-way rules."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "103.13"
section_name: "Operation near aircraft; right-of-way rules."
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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# 103.13 Operation near aircraft; right-of-way rules.

(a) Each person operating an ultralight vehicle shall maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid aircraft and shall yield the right-of-way to all aircraft.

(b) No person may operate an ultralight vehicle in a manner that creates a collision hazard with respect to any aircraft.

(c) Powered ultralights shall yield the right-of-way to unpowered ultralights.