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Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73

§44727 Runway safety areas

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART A— - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › Subpart subpart iii— - safety › Chapter CHAPTER 447— - SAFETY REGULATION › § 44727

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Airport owners or operators in Alaska do not have to shorten a runway or say a runway is shorter than the actual pavement just to meet FAA runway-safety-area rules. The Secretary must study runways at airports outside Alaska to find which ones are affected by FAA runway-safety-area rules and to check how airport operations would change if owners there had to shorten runways or report them as shorter. Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary must send a report with the study results to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §44727

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(a)An airport owner or operator in the State of Alaska shall not be required to reduce the length of a runway or declare the length of a runway to be less than the actual pavement length in order to meet standards of the Federal Aviation Administration applicable to runway safety areas.
(b)(1)The Secretary shall conduct a study of runways at airports in States other than Alaska to determine which airports are affected by standards of the Federal Aviation Administration applicable to runway safety areas and to assess how operations at those airports would be affected if the owner or operator of the airport is required to reduce the length of a runway or declare the length of a runway to be less than the actual pavement length in order to meet such standards.
(2)Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study.

Legislative History

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References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 108–176, which was approved Dec. 12, 2003.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2003, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–176, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2003 Amendment note under section 106 of this title.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 44727

Title 49 — Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73