14 CFR § 105.17 - Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s105.17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 105.17 - Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "105.17"
section_name: "Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "105"
part_name: "PARACHUTE OPERATIONS"
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), 40113-40114, 44701-44702, 44721."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-1999-5483, 66 FR 23553, May 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "105"
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# 105.17 Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements.
No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft—
(a) Into or through a cloud, or
(b) When the flight visibility or the distance from any cloud is less than that prescribed in the following table:
| Altitude | Flight visibility(statute miles) | Distance from clouds |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1,200 feet or less above the surface regardless of the MSL altitude | 3 | 500 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 2,000 feet horizontal. |
| More than 1,200 feet above the surface but less than 10,000 feet MSL | 3 | 500 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 2,000 feet horizontal. |
| More than 1,200 feet above the surface and at or above 10,000 feet MSL | 5 | 1,000 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 1 mile horizontal. |