14 CFR § 136.71 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s136.71"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 136.71 - Applicability."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "136.71"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS"
part_number: "136"
part_name: "COMMERCIAL AIR TOURS AND NATIONAL PARKS AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT"
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), 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44901, 44903-44904, 44912, 46105."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-2001-8690, 67 FR 65667, Oct. 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "136"
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# 136.71 Applicability.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this subpart prescribes operating rules for air tour flights conducted in airplanes, powered-lift, or rotorcraft under visual flight rules in the State of Hawaii pursuant to parts 91, 121, and 135 of this chapter.

(b) This subpart does not apply to:

(1) Operations conducted under part 121 of this chapter in airplanes with a passenger seating configuration of more than 30 seats or a payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds.

(2) Flights conducted in gliders or hot air balloons.