FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 47: Transportation › Subpart 47.4
FAR 47.401 Definitions.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section defines terms used in the FAR subpart on air transportation. It matters to contractors because these definitions determine how rules for air freight, international travel, and U.S.-flag carriers apply to their contracts.
Applies to: Contractors involved in air transportation or travel under FAR subpart 47.4
Key terms: Air freight forwarder · Gateway airport abroad · Gateway airport in the United States · International air transportation · United States
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The text
As used in this subpart—
Air freight forwarder means an indirect air carrier that is responsible for the transportation of property from the point of receipt to the point of destination, and utilizes for the whole or any part of such transportation the services of a direct air carrier or its agent, or of another air freight forwarder.
Gateway airport abroad means the airport from which the traveler last embarks en route to the United States or at which the traveler first debarks incident to travel from the United States.
Gateway airport in the United States means the last U.S. airport from which the traveler's flight departs or the first U.S. airport at which the traveler's flight arrives.
International air transportation means transportation by air between a place in the United States and a place outside the United States or between two places both of which are outside the United States.
United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas of the United States.
U.S.-flag air carrier means an entity granted authority to provide air transportation in the form of a certificate of public convenience and necessity under 49 U.S.C. 41102.
Sections that refer to it
- 2.101 Definitions.
← 47.400 Scope of subpart. · 47.402 Policy. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 47
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 9, 27, and 47 ↗ · proposed 2026-09-18 · comments due 2026-10-19
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers; Correction ↗ · final rule 2024-12-30 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.