14 CFR § 137.47 - Operation without position lights.

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title: "14 CFR § 137.47 - Operation without position lights."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "137.47"
section_name: "Operation without position lights."
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: "137"
part_name: "AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 44701-44702."
regulatory_source: "Docket 1464, 30 FR 8106, June 24, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
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# 137.47 Operation without position lights.

Notwithstanding part 91 of this chapter, an aircraft may be operated without position lights if prominent unlighted objects are visible for at least 1 mile and takeoffs and landings at—

(a) Airports with a functioning control tower are made only as authorized by the control tower operator; and

(b) Other airports are made only with the permission of the airport management and no other aircraft operations requiring position lights are in progress at that airport.