Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026
§ 103.11 - Daylight operations.

(a) No person may operate an ultralight vehicle except between the hours of sunrise and sunset.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, ultralight vehicles may be operated during the twilight periods 30 minutes before official sunrise and 30 minutes after official sunset or, in Alaska, during the period of civil twilight as defined in the Air Almanac, if:

(1) The vehicle is equipped with an operating anticollision light visible for at least 3 statute miles; and

(2) All operations are conducted in uncontrolled airspace.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103-40104, 40113, 44701
source: Docket 21631, 47 FR 38776, Sept. 2, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 103.11