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Title 14Aeronautics and SpacePart / Section
Chapter IFederal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation1 – 199
Subchapter GAir Carriers and Operators for Compensation or Hire: Certification and Operations110 – 139
Part 121Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations121.1 – 121.1500
Subpart UDispatching and Flight Release Rules121.591 – 121.667
§ 121.591Applicability.
§ 121.593Dispatching authority: Domestic operations.
§ 121.595Dispatching authority: Flag operations.
§ 121.597Flight release authority: Supplemental operations.
§ 121.599Familiarity with weather conditions.
§ 121.601Aircraft dispatcher information to pilot in command: Domestic and flag operations.
§ 121.603Facilities and services: Supplemental operations.
§ 121.605Airplane equipment.
§ 121.607Communication and navigation facilities: Domestic and flag operations.
§ 121.609Communication and navigation facilities: Supplemental operations.
§ 121.611Dispatch or flight release under VFR.
§ 121.613Dispatch or flight release under IFR or over the top.
§ 121.615Dispatch or flight release over water: Flag and supplemental operations.
§ 121.617Alternate airport for departure.
§ 121.619Alternate airport for destination: IFR or over-the-top: Domestic operations.
§ 121.621Alternate airport for destination: Flag operations.
§ 121.623Alternate airport for destination: IFR or over-the-top: Supplemental operations.
§ 121.624ETOPS Alternate Airports.
§ 121.625Alternate Airport weather minima.
§ 121.627Continuing flight in unsafe conditions.
§ 121.628Inoperable instruments and equipment.
§ 121.629Operation in icing conditions.
§ 121.631Original dispatch or flight release, redispatch or amendment of dispatch or flight release.
§ 121.633Considering time-limited systems in planning ETOPS alternates.
§ 121.635Dispatch to and from refueling or provisional airports: Domestic and flag operations.
§ 121.637Takeoffs from unlisted and alternate airports: Domestic and flag operations.
§ 121.639Fuel supply: All domestic operations.
§ 121.641Fuel supply: Nonturbine and turbo-propeller-powered airplanes: Flag operations.
§ 121.643Fuel supply: Nonturbine and turbo-propeller-powered airplanes: Supplemental operations.
§ 121.645Fuel supply: Turbine-engine powered airplanes, other than turbo propeller: Flag and supplemental operations.
§ 121.646En-route fuel supply: flag and supplemental operations.
§ 121.647Factors for computing fuel required.
§ 121.649Takeoff and landing weather minimums: VFR: Domestic operations.
§ 121.651Takeoff and landing weather minimums: IFR: All certificate holders.
§ 121.652Landing weather minimums: IFR: All certificate holders.
§ 121.653 [Reserved]
§ 121.655Applicability of reported weather minimums.
§ 121.657Flight altitude rules.
§ 121.659Initial approach altitude: Domestic and supplemental operations.
§ 121.661Initial approach altitude: Flag operations.
§ 121.663Responsibility for dispatch release: Domestic and flag operations.
§ 121.665Load manifest.
§ 121.667Flight plan: VFR and IFR: Supplemental operations.