14 CFR § 97.5 - Bearings, courses, tracks, headings, radials, miles.

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title: "14 CFR § 97.5 - Bearings, courses, tracks, headings, radials, miles."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "97.5"
section_name: "Bearings, courses, tracks, headings, radials, miles."
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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# 97.5 Bearings, courses, tracks, headings, radials, miles.

(a) All bearings, courses, tracks, headings, and radials in this part are magnetic, unless otherwise designated.

(b) RVR values are stated in feet. Other visibility values are stated in statute miles. All other mileages are stated in nautical miles.

[Docket 561, 32 FR 13912, Oct. 6, 1967, as amended by Amdt. 97-1336, 72 FR 31680, June 7, 2007]