14 CFR § 107.125 - Category 3 operations: Operating requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s107.125"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 107.125 - Category 3 operations: Operating requirements."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "107.125"
section_name: "Category 3 operations: Operating requirements."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "107"
part_name: "SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS"
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(f), 40101 note, 40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 46105(c), 46110, 44807."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-2015-0150, Amdt. 107-1, 81 FR 42209, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "107"
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# 107.125 Category 3 operations: Operating requirements.
To conduct Category 3 operations, a remote pilot in command—
(a) Must use a small unmanned aircraft that—
(1) Is eligible for Category 3 operations pursuant to § 107.130(a);
(2) Is listed on an FAA-accepted declaration of compliance as eligible for Category 3 operations in accordance with § 107.160; and
(3) Is labeled as eligible for Category 3 operations in accordance with § 107.130(b)(1);
(b) Must not operate the small unmanned aircraft over open-air assemblies of human beings; and
(c) May only operate the small unmanned aircraft above any human being if operation meets one of the following conditions:
(1) The operation is within or over a closed- or restricted-access site and all human beings located within the closed- or restricted-access site must be on notice that a small unmanned aircraft may fly over them; or
(2) The small unmanned aircraft does not maintain sustained flight over any human being unless that human being is—
(i) Directly participating in the operation of the small unmanned aircraft; or
(ii) Located under a covered structure or inside a stationary vehicle that can provide reasonable protection from a falling small unmanned aircraft.
[Amdt. 107-8, 86 FR 4382, Jan. 15, 2021, as amended by 86 FR 62473, Nov. 10, 2021]