14 CFR 71.11 - Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026

View all text of Part 71 [§ 71.1 - § 71.901]

§ 71.11 - Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes.

Unless otherwise specified, the following apply:

(a) An Air Traffic Service (ATS) route is based on a centerline that extends from one navigation aid, fix, or intersection, to another navigation aid, fix, or intersection (or through several navigation aids, fixes, or intersections) specified for that route.

(b) An ATS route does not include the airspace of a prohibited area.

[Docket FAA-2003-14698, 68 FR 16947, Apr. 8, 2003, as amended by Amdt. 71-33, 70 FR 23004, May 3, 2005]

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p.389

source: Amdt. 71-14, 56 FR 65654, Dec. 17, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 14 CFR 71.11