14 CFR § 71.11 - Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes.

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title: "14 CFR § 71.11 - Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "71.11"
section_name: "Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "AIRSPACE"
part_number: "71"
part_name: "DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p.389."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 71-14, 56 FR 65654, Dec. 17, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 71.11 Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes.

Unless otherwise specified, the following apply:

(a) An Air Traffic Service (ATS) route is based on a centerline that extends from one navigation aid, fix, or intersection, to another navigation aid, fix, or intersection (or through several navigation aids, fixes, or intersections) specified for that route.

(b) An ATS route does not include the airspace of a prohibited area.

[Docket FAA-2003-14698, 68 FR 16947, Apr. 8, 2003, as amended by Amdt. 71-33, 70 FR 23004, May 3, 2005]