14 CFR § 103.17 - Operations in certain airspace.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s103.17"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 103.17 - Operations in certain airspace."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "103.17"
section_name: "Operations in certain airspace."
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"
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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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# 103.17 Operations in certain airspace.

No person may operate an ultralight vehicle within Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport unless that person has prior authorization from the ATC facility having jurisdiction over that airspace.

[Amdt. 103-17, 56 FR 65662, Dec. 17, 1991]