{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-105.17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 105.17","heading":"Flight visibility and clearance from cloud requirements.","body":"No person may conduct a parachute operation, and no pilot in command of an aircraft may allow a parachute operation to be conducted from that aircraft—\n(a) Into or through a cloud, or\n(b) When the flight visibility or the distance from any cloud is less than that prescribed in the following table:\nAltitude Flight visibility (statute miles) Distance from clouds\n1,200 feet or less above the surface regardless of the MSL altitude 3 500 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 2,000 feet horizontal.\nMore than 1,200 feet above the surface but less than 10,000 feet MSL 3 500 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 2,000 feet horizontal.\nMore than 1,200 feet above the surface and at or above 10,000 feet MSL 5 1,000 feet below, 1,000 feet above, 1 mile horizontal.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER F—AIR TRAFFIC AND GENERAL OPERATING RULES","PART 105—PARACHUTE OPERATIONS","Subpart B—Operating Rules"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"7ad50d6aa07d308f59166d5084384ba0324171fb0474fd8e276c63b998f9fc7f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-105.15","next":"us/14-cfr-105.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}