Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§44719 Standards for navigational aids
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART A— - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › Subpart subpart iii— - safety › Chapter CHAPTER 447— - SAFETY REGULATION › § 44719
Summary
Secretary must set standards for navigational aids, including airport control towers, and must consider traffic (count of operations, not aircraft size), terrain and obstacles, weather, passengers served, and possible operating efficiencies.
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Title 49, §44719
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The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations on standards for installing navigational aids, including airport control towers. For each type of facility, the regulations shall consider at a minimum traffic density (number of aircraft operations without consideration of aircraft size), terrain and other obstacles to navigation, weather characteristics, passengers served, and potential aircraft operating efficiencies.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4471949 App.:1348 (note).Dec. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–223, § 308, 101 Stat. 1526. The words “Not later than December 31, 1988” are omitted as obsolete.
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49 U.S.C. § 44719
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73