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Code · CFR · Title 14 — Aeronautics and Space · Part 125 — Certification and Operations: Aircraft Having a Seating Capacity of 20 or More Passengers or a Maximum Payload Capacity of 6,000 Pounds or More; and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft · § 125.377

§ 125.377. Fuel supply: Turbine-engine-powered airplanes other than turbopropeller.

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(a)Except as provided in paragraph
(b)of this section, no person may release for flight or takeoff a turbine-powered airplane (other than a turbopropeller-powered airplane) unless, considering the wind and other weather conditions expected, it has enough fuel—
(1)To fly to and land at the airport to which it is released;
(2)Thereafter, to fly to and land at the most distant alternate airport specified in the flight release; and
(3)Thereafter, to fly for 45 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption.
(b)For any operation outside the 48 conterminous United States and the District of Columbia, unless authorized by the Administrator in the operations specifications, no person may release for flight or take off a turbine-engine powered airplane (other than a turbopropeller-powered airplane) unless, considering wind and other weather conditions expected, it has enough fuel—
(1)To fly and land at the airport to which it is released;
(2)After that, to fly for a period of 10 percent of the total time required to fly from the airport of departure and land at the airport to which it was released;
(3)After that, to fly to and land at the most distant alternate airport specified in the flight release, if an alternate is required; and
(4)After that, to fly for 30 minutes at holding speed at 1,500 feet above the alternate airport (or the destination airport if no alternate is required) under standard temperature conditions.
(c)No person may release a turbine-engine-powered airplane (other than a turbopropeller airplane) to an airport for which an alternate is not specified under § 125.367(b) unless it has enough fuel, considering wind and other weather conditions expected, to fly to that airport and thereafter to fly for at least 2 hours at normal cruising fuel consumption.
(d)The Administrator may amend the operations specifications of a certificate holder to require more fuel than any of the minimums stated in paragraph
(a)or
(b)of this section if the Administrator finds that additional fuel is necessary on a particular route in the interest of safety.
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