or hire in an airplane or helicopter where the purpose of the flight is sightseeing. (2) Commercial air tour operator The term commercial air tour operator means any person who conducts a commercial air tour. 351. Improved safety in rural areas (a) In general Subtitle A of title III of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 49 U.S.C. 44701 note) is amended by striking section 322 and inserting the following: 322. Improved safety in rural areas (a) In general The Administrator shall permit an air carrier operating pursuant to part 135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to operate under instrument flight rules (in this section referred to as IFR ) to a destination in a noncontiguous State that has a published instrument approach, but that does not have a Meteorological Aerodrome Report (in this section referred to as METAR ), and then to conduct an instrument approach at that destination if— (1) a current Area Forecast, supplemented by noncertified destination weather observations (such as weather cameras and other noncertified observations), is available, and, at the time of departure, the combination of the Area Forecast and noncertified observation indicates that weather is expected to be at or above approach minimums upon arrival