The Aircraft Rules, 1937
Rule 1. Short title
Rule 2. Nationality of aircraft
Rule 3. Definitions and interpretation
Rule 3A Delegation of Powers
Rule 3B Appeals
Rule 4. Use and operation of aircraft
Rule 5 Registration and nationality and registration marks
Rule 5A. Prohibited flight
Rule 6. Licensing of personnel
Rule 6A. Type of aircraft to be included in rating
Rule 6B. Flights to qualify for extension of a licence
Rule 6C. Flights for testing and other non-revenue specific special purposes.
Rule 7. Documents to be carried in aircraft
Rule 7A. Prohibition of carriage of persons without passport
Rule 7B. Carriage of cock-pit check list in aircraft
Rule 8. Carriage of arms, ammunition, explosives, military stores, etc.
Rule 8A. Deleted
Rule 9. Radio-telegraph apparatus
Rule 10. Mails
Rule 11. Aerodromes
Rule 12. Prohibited areas
Rule 13. Photograph at aerodromes or from aircraft in flight
Rule 13A. Carriage of photographic apparatus in aircraft (cancelled by G.S.R. 401(E) Dated 14th June, 2005)
Rule 14. Aerial work and public transport reserved for certain aircraft
Rule 15. Conditions to be complied with by aircraft in flight
Rule 15A. Omitted by GSR 327(E) dated 13-5-2021
Rule 16. Rules of the Air
Rule 17. Production of licences, etc
Rule 18. Prevention of flights in contravention of the rules
Rule 19. Cancellation, suspension or endorsement of licence and certificates
Rule 19A. Restrictions on licence, certificate, authorisation or approval
Rule 20. Applicability of certain rules to gliders and kites
Rule 21. Dangerous flying
Rule 21A. General Safety
Rule 21B. Aircraft in distress
Rule 22. Assault and other acts of interference against a crew member
Rule 23. Assault and other acts endangering safety or jeopardizing good order and discipline
Rule 24. Prohibition of intoxicated persons entering aircraft
Rule 24A. Carriage of persons suffering from mental disorders or epilepsy in aircraft
Rule 24B. Carriage of prisioners in aircraft
Rule 24C. Carriage of animals, birds and reptiles in aircraft
Rule 25. Smoking in aircraft
Rule 25A. Fuelling of aircraft
Rule 25B. Housing of aircraft
Rule 26. Dropping of articles and desents by parachutes
Rule 27. Carriage of persons in unauthorized part of aircraft
Rule 28. Minimum age for sole control of aircraft
Rule 28A. Maximum age limit for professional pilots amended by GSR 660(E) dated 5.9.2008
Rule 29. Acts likely to imperil safety of aircraft
Rule 29A. Prohibition of operating civil aircraft causing sonic boom
Rule 29B. Prohibition on the use of portable electronic devices
Rule 29C. Adoption of the Convention and Annexes
Rule 29D. Safety Management Systems
Rule 30. Certificate of registration
Rule 31. Nature of application
Rule 32. Aircraft imported by air
Rule 32A. Export of aircraft
Rule 33. Change in ownership
Rule 34. Aircraft destroyed or withdrawn from use
Rule 35. Registration fees
Rule 36. Register of aircraft
Rule 37. Nationality and Registration marks, how to be affixed
Rule 37A. Use of State marks
Rule 38. Licensing authority
Rule 38A. Carriage of operating crew
Rule 38B. Carriage of a cabin crew
Rule 39. Deleted
Rule 39A. Disqualification from holding or obtaining a licence
Rule 39B. Medical standards
Rule 39C. Period of validity of medical fitness and Licences
Rule 40. Signature of Licence holder
Rule 41. Proof of competency
Rule 41A. Checks, test and examinations
Rule 41B. Approved Training Organisation
Rule 42. Licences and their renewal
Rule 42A. Fatigue Management of Flight Crew and Cabin Crew Members
Rule 43. Deleted
Rule 44. Aircraft not registered in India
Rule 45. Validation of foreign licences
Rule 46. Deleted
Rule 47. Minimum age for holding a licence
Rule 47A. Minimum educational qualification for holding a licence
Rule 48. Fees and other charges
Rule 49. Issue of Type Certificate or Restricted Type Certificate for an aircraft or engine or propeller designed or manufactured in India
Rule 49A. Issue of Type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate to an aircraft imported in India
Rule 49B. Validation of type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate for aeronautical product imported in India
Rule 49C. Type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate - aeronautical product categories
Rule 49D. Cancellation, suspension of or endorsement on Type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate
Rule 49E. Recognition of Type Certificate or Restricted Type Certificate of an aeronautical product issued by a Contracting State
Rule 49F. Issue of Supplemental Type Certificate in respect of an aeronautical product
Rule 49G. Recognition of Supplemental Type Certificate issued by a Contracting State
Rule 49H. Regulation and control of aircraft components and items of equipment
Rule 49I. Acceptance of design for an aircraft
Rule 50. Issue of Certificate of airworthiness or Special Certificate of Airworthiness and Airworthiness Review Certificate
Rule 50A. Conditions necessary for certificate of airworthiness or special certificate of airworthiness and inspection, overhaul of aircraft
Rule 51. Flight Manual
Rule 52. Modification and repairs
Rule 53. Use of materials, processes, parts and periodical overhaul of aircraft
Rule 53A. Manufacture, storage and distribution of all aircraft
Rule 54. Persons authorised to certify
Rule 55. Suspension or cancellation of certificate of airworthiness or special certificate of airworthiness and its continued validity
Rule 55A. Issue of Special Flight Permit
Rule 56. Indian aircraft operating outside India
Rule 57. Instruments and equipment
Rule 58 Weight and balance
Rule 59. Defects and defective parts
Rule 59A. Defects in a foreign aircraft
Rule 60. Maintenance standards and certification
Rule 61. Licensing of aircraft maintenance engineers
Rule 61A. Validation of licences of foreign Aircraft Maintenance Engineers
Rule 62. Fees
Rule 63. Aircraft for which apparatus is obligatory
Rule 64. Deleted
Rule 65. Aeronautical beacons and Aeronautical Ground lights
Rule 66. False lights
Rule 67. Log Books
Rule 67A. Log books of flight crew personnel and logging of flight time
Rule 67AA. Log books of Aircraft Maintenance Personnel
Rule 67B. Destruction, mutilation etc. of any entry in the log books
Rule 78. Licensing of Aerodromes See Notification 346(E)
Rule 79. Qualifications of licensee
Rule 80. Procedure for grant of licence
Rule 81. Aerodrome Manual
Rule 82. Inspection
Rule 83. Conditions governing the grant of licence
Rule 84. Period of validity of licence
Rule 85. Public aerodromes
Rule 86. Tariff charges
Rule 87. Fees
Rule 88. Passenger Service Fees
Rule 88A. Aviation Security Fees
Rule 88B Regional Air Connectivity Fund
Rule 88C Regional Air Connectivity Levy
Rule 89. User Development Fees
Rule 90. Entry into public aerodromes
Rule 91. Prohibition of slaughtering and flaying of animals, depositing of rubbish and other polluted or obnoxious matter in the vicinity of aerodrome
Rule 92. Ground Handling Services
Rule 93. Requirement of a licence for air traffic services personnel
Rule 94. Provision of Air Traffic Services at an aerodrome
Rule 95. Licensing Authority
Rule 96. Omitted
Rule 97. Requirement of rating and unit endorsement
Rule 98. Rating Training Manual
Rule 99. Fees and other charges
Rule 100. Minimum educational qualification for holding a licence
Rule 101. Minimum age for holding a licence
Rule 102. Maximum age limit for holding licence or rating
Rule 103. Medical standards
Rule 104. Period of validity of licences and medical fitness assessment
Rule 105. Licence not valid without valid medical fitness assessment
Rule 106. Decrease in medical fitness
Rule 107. Maintenance of validity of ratings and endorsements
Rule 108. Licence holders obligation to notify change of unit
Rule 109. Disqualification from holding or obtaining a licence
Rule 110. Renewal of expired licence or rating
Rule 111. Proof of competency
Rule 112. Tests, assessment and examination
Rule 113. Use of radio call signs of air traffic services units
Rule 114. Approved training organization
Rule 115. Record of experience and logging of on-watch period
Rule 116. Watch duty time limitations
Rule 117. Aeronautical station operator
Rule 118. Validation of foreign licences
Rule 118A. Omitted
Rule 119. Certification of communication, navigation and surveillance equipment or air traffic management facilities
Rule 120. Eligibility for grant of certificate
Rule 121. Procedure for grant of certificate
Rule 122. Communication, navigation, surveillance or air traffic management facility manual
Rule 123. Period of validity of Certificate
Rule 124. Fee
Rule 125. Conditions governing the grant of Certificate
Rule 126. Notification on availability of facility
Rule 127. Information on the operational status of navigational aids
Rule 128. Automatic recording of voice communications, signal and data
Rule 129. Aeronautical telecommunication equipment calibration and check
Rule 130. Time in air traffic services
Rule 131. Protection of critical and sensitive areas
Rule 132. Suspension, cancellation or withdrawal of a certificate
Rule 133A. Issue of special directions by D.G.C.A
Rule 133B. Approved Organisations
Rule 133BA. Acceptance of foreign approved organisation
Rule 133C. Fees
Rule 134. Scheduled Air Transport Services
Rule 134A. Non-Scheduled Air Transport Services
Rule 134B. Aerial Work
Rule 134C. Fees
Rule 135. Tariff for air transportation
Rule 135A. Deleted (GSR 636 (E))
Rule 135B. Deleted (GSR 636 (E))
Rule 135C. Deleted (GSR 636 (E))
Rule 140. Minimum requirements to be complied with
Rule 140A. Director-General's sanction to introduce new routes etc
Rule 140B. Operations Manual
Rule 140C. Route Guides
Rule 141. Duties of Pilot-in-Command
Rule 142 to 152. Deleted
Rule 153. Carriage of Mails
Rule 154. Definition
Rule 155. Private aircraft owners
Rule 155A. Operators
Rule 156. Inspection
Rule 157. Fraudulent use of Documents
Rule 158. Foreign Military aircraft
Rule 158A. Aircraft registered in or belonging to a foreign state
Rule 159. Obstruction of authorised persons
Rule 160. General power to exempt
Rule 161. Offences and Compounding
Rule 162. Penalties
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