Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-102
§44722 Aircraft Operations in Winter Conditions
Title 49 › SUBTITLE VII — AVIATION PROGRAMS › PART A — AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › subpart iii — safety › CHAPTER 447 — SAFETY REGULATION › § 44722
Summary
The FAA must make rules that require procedures to keep aircraft operations safe in winter weather. When making those rules, the FAA must consider at least changes to airplanes and air-traffic control, what deicing fluids are available and how well they work and affect the environment, the kinds of deicing equipment, and whether it is possible and useful to set time limits for deicing in certain bad weather.
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Title 49, §44722
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The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall prescribe regulations requiring procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter conditions. In deciding on the procedures to be required, the Administrator shall consider at least aircraft and air traffic control modifications, the availability of different types of deicing fluids (considering their efficacy and environmental limitations), the types of deicing equipment available, and the feasibility and desirability of establishing timeframes within which deicing must occur under certain types of inclement weather.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4472249:1421 (note).Oct. 31, 1992, Pub. L. 102–581, § 124, 106 Stat. 4885. The words “Before November 1, 1992” are omitted as obsolete. The words “prescribe
Regulations
requiring” are substituted for “require, by regulation”, and the words “other factors the Administrator considers appropriate” are substituted for “among other things”, for consistency in the revised title.
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49 U.S.C. § 44722
Title 49, Transportation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102