Goto Section: 87.199 | 87.215 | Table of Contents
FCC 87.213
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 87.213 Scope of service.
(a) An aeronautical advisory station (unicom) must provide service to any
aircraft station upon request and without discrimination. A unicom must
provide impartial information concerning available ground services.
(b)(1) Unicom transmissions must be limited to the necessities of safe and
expeditious operation of aircraft such as condition of runways, types of
fuel available, wind conditions, weather information, dispatching, or other
necessary information. At any airport at which a control tower, control
tower remote communications outlet station (RCO) or FAA flight service
station is located, unicoms must not transmit information pertaining to the
conditions of runways, wind conditions, or weather information during the
hours of operation of the control tower, RCO or FAA service station.
(2) On a secondary basis, unicoms may transmit communications which pertain
to the efficient portal-to-portal transit of an aircraft, such as requests
for ground transportation, food or lodging.
(3) Communications between unicoms and air carrier must be limited to the
necessities of safety of life and property.
(4) Unicoms may communicate with aeronautical utility stations and ground
vehicles concerning runway conditions and safety hazards on the airport when
neither a control tower nor FAA flight service station is in operation.
(c) Unicoms must not be used for air traffic control (ATC) purposes other
than to relay ATC information between the pilot and air traffic controller.
Relaying of ATC information is limited to the following:
(1) Revisions of proposed departure time;
(2) Takeoff, arrival or flight plan cancellation time;
(3) ATC clearances, provided a letter of agreement is obtained from the FAA
by the licensee of the unicom.
[ 53 FR 28940 , Aug. 1, 1988, as amended at 55 FR 30464 , July 26, 1990]
Goto Section: 87.199 | 87.215
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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