14 CFR § 437.25 - Flight test plan.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s437.25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 437.25 - Flight test plan."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "437.25"
section_name: "Flight test plan."
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "LICENSING"
part_number: "437"
part_name: "EXPERIMENTAL PERMITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "51 U.S.C. 50901-50923."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "437"
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# 437.25 Flight test plan.
An applicant must—
(a) Describe any flight test program, including estimated number of flights and key flight-safety events.
(b) Identify and describe the geographic coordinates of the boundaries of one or more proposed operating areas where it plans to perform its flights and that satisfy § 437.57(b) of subpart C. The FAA may designate one or more exclusion areas in accordance with § 437.57(c) of subpart C.
(c) For each operating area, provide the planned maximum altitude of the reusable suborbital vehicle.
[Doc. No. FAA-2006-24197, Amdt. No. 437-0, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, as amended by Doc. No. FAA-2023-1656, Amdt. No. 437-4, 89 FR 76727, Sept. 19, 2024]