14 CFR § 93.345 - VFR outbound procedures for fringe airports.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s93.345"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 93.345 - VFR outbound procedures for fringe airports."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "93.345"
section_name: "VFR outbound procedures for fringe airports."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "93"
part_name: "SPECIAL AIR TRAFFIC RULES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40106, 40109, 40113, 44502, 44514, 44701, 44715, 44719, 46301."
cfr_part: "93"
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# 93.345 VFR outbound procedures for fringe airports.

(a) A pilot may depart from a fringe airport as defined in § 93.335 without filing a flight plan or communicating with Air Traffic Control, unless requested, provided:

(1) The aircraft's transponder transmits code 1205;

(2) The pilot exits the DC SFRA by the most direct route before proceeding on course; and

(3) The pilot monitors VHF frequency 121.5 or UHF frequency 243.0.

(b) No pilot may operate an aircraft arriving at a fringe airport or transit the DC SFRA unless that pilot complies with the DC SFRA operating procedures in this subpart.