Sec. 87.237 Scope of service.
(a) The communications of an aeronautical multicom station
(multicom) must pertain to activities of a temporary, seasonal or
emergency nature involving aircraft in flight. Communications are
limited to directing or coordinating ground activities from the air or
aerial activities from the ground. Air-to-air communications will be
authorized if the communications are directly connected with the air-to-
ground or ground-to-air activities described above. Multicom
communications must not include those air/ground communications provided
for elsewhere in this part.
(b) If there is not unicom and an applicant is unable to meet the
requirements for a unicom license, the applicant will be eligible for a
multicom license.
(1) The multicom license becomes invalid when a unicom is
established at the landing area.
(2) Multicoms must not be used for ATC purposes other than the relay
of ATC information between the pilot and air traffic controller.
Relaying of ATC information is limited to the following:
(i) Revisions of proposed departure time;
(ii) Takeoff, arrival flight plan cancellation time;
(iii) ATC clearances, provided a letter of agreement is obtained
from the FAA by the licensee of the multicom.
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(3) Communications by a multicom must be limited to the safe and
expeditious operation of private aircraft, pertaining to the conditions
of runways, types of fuel available, wind conditions, weather
information, dispatching or other information. On a secondary basis,
multicoms may transmit communictions which pertain to efficient portal-
to-portal transit of an aircraft such as requests for ground
transportation, food or lodging.
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