Can a Part 91 operator haul passengers and cargo for hire?

Kenny KellerCreator Helicopter Online Ground School LLC

#211 Passengers and Cargo questions answered!

22 Nov 2025 · 1 min

Episode

22 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A short podcast/video clip (Day 211) where Kenny Keller answers a viewer question about FAA regulations: he explains that Part 91 operators cannot haul passengers or cargo for hire—those operations require Part 135 certification. He briefly notes limits on giving rides and references returning to the original point of departure in the context of passenger/cargo operations. The clip ends with typical outro calls-to-action.

Questions this episode answers

No. Hauling passengers and cargo for hire requires Part 135 operations.

Chapters

Hey Day 211 Coffee of Kenny I'm up on the side of a mountain, so I don't have a cup of coffee with me right now. I had taken opportunity to use this background because how many times in my life am I going to be able to do that? I'm going to answer a question I got from somebody asking a bunch of Questions about Part 91 and tours and rides and cargo and dropping people off. And I'm like, whoa, hang on here. You can't hire a part 91 oper. You can give rides, but you have to go back to your point of original departure when it gets into passengers and cargo. You can't do that as a Part 91 operator. That has to be Part 135. Part 135 is where you get into hauling passengers and cargo for hire. You cannot do that as just a commercial operator under part 91. So hopefully this video comes out. Probably pretty noisy in the background. Still on our base. Big trip. Awesome. More awesome stuff to come. Click subscribe. Click the bell. Leave a comment down below. Give us a thumbs up. See you at day 212. Peace out.