14 CFR § 139.103 - Application for certificate.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s139.103"
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title: "14 CFR § 139.103 - Application for certificate."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "139.103"
section_name: "Application for certificate."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 139.103 Application for certificate.

Each applicant for an Airport Operating Certificate must—

(a) Prepare and submit an application, in a form and in the manner prescribed by the Administrator, to the Regional Airports Division Manager.

(b) Submit with the application, two copies of an Airport Certification Manual, and a Safety Management System Manual (where applicable), prepared in accordance with subparts C and E of this part.

[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]