14 CFR § 398.3 - Specific airports.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s398.3"
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title: "14 CFR § 398.3 - Specific airports."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "398.3"
section_name: "Specific airports."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "POLICY STATEMENTS"
part_number: "398"
part_name: "GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATIONS OF BASIC ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE"
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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. Chapters 401, 417; Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-223, Dec. 30, 1987)."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. OST-95-397, 60 FR 43529, Aug. 22, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "398"
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# 398.3 Specific airports.

(a) At an eligible place, essential air service may be specified as service to a particular airport. In the case of hyphenated places, essential air service will be specified as service to more than one airport only if clearly necessary and if the multi-airport service is economically feasible and justified on the basis of traffic levels at those airports.

(b) At a hub, essential air service is not usually specified as service to a particular airport.