47 CFR § 87.447 - Supplemental eligibility.

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title: "47 CFR § 87.447 - Supplemental eligibility."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "87.447"
section_name: "Supplemental eligibility."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "87"
part_name: "AVIATION SERVICES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 303 and 307(e), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 28940, Aug. 1, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 87.447 Supplemental eligibility.

An applicant for an operational fixed station must certify that:

(a) The applicant is the licensee of an aeronautical land station in the aeronautical mobile service; and

(b) Common carrier facilities are not available to satisfy the aeronautical station's requirements.

[53 FR 28940, Aug. 1, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 68958, Dec. 14, 1998]