14 CFR § 171.61 - Air navigation certificate: Revocation and termination.

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title: "14 CFR § 171.61 - Air navigation certificate: Revocation and termination."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "171.61"
section_name: "Air navigation certificate: Revocation and termination."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES"
part_number: "171"
part_name: "NON-FEDERAL NAVIGATION FACILITIES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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regulatory_source: "Docket 5034, 29 FR 11337, Aug. 6, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
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# 171.61 Air navigation certificate: Revocation and termination.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each air navigation certificate of “Lawful Authority to Operate a True Light” is hereby revoked, and each application therefor is hereby terminated.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to—

(1) A certificate issued to a Federal-Aid Airport Program sponsor who was required to apply for that certificate under regulations then in effect, and who has not surrendered that certificate under § 151.86(e) of this chapter; or

(2) An application made by a Federal-Aid Airport Program sponsor who was required to make that application under regulations then in effect, and who has not terminated that application under § 151.86(e) of this chapter.

(49 U.S.C. 1101-1120; sec. 307, 72 Stat. 749, 49 U.S.C. 1348)

[Amdt. 171-4, 33 FR 12545, Sept. 5, 1968]