14 CFR § 139.101 - General requirements.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s139.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 139.101 - General requirements."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "139.101"
section_name: "General requirements."
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: "139"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION OF AIRPORTS"
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, 44701-44706, 44709, 44719, 47175."
regulatory_source: "Docket FAA-2000-7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "139"
---
# 139.101 General requirements.
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by the Administrator, no person may operate an airport specified under § 139.1 of this part without an Airport Operating Certificate or in violation of that certificate, the applicable provisions, or the approved Airport Certification Manual.
(b) Each certificate holder shall adopt and comply with an Airport Certification Manual as required under § 139.203.
[Docket FAA-2000-7479, 69 FR 6424, Feb. 10, 2004, as amended by Docket FAA-2010-0997, Amdt. 139-28, 88 FR 11672, Feb. 23, 2023]