14 CFR § 97.1 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s97.1"
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title: "14 CFR § 97.1 - Applicability."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "97.1"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "STANDARD INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, and 44721-44722."
regulatory_source: "Docket 1580, 28 FR 6719, June 29, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
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# 97.1 Applicability.

(a) This part prescribes standard instrument approach procedures to civil airports in the United States and the weather minimums that apply to landings under IFR at those airports.

(b) This part also prescribes obstacle departure procedures (ODPs) for certain civil airports in the United States and the weather minimums that apply to takeoffs under IFR at civil airports in the United States.

(c) Additional applicability of copter procedures for powered-lift is set forth in part 194 of this chapter.

[Docket FAA-2002-14002, 72 FR 31679, June 7, 2007, as amended by FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 97-1340, 89 FR 92486, Nov. 21, 2024]