# 2024-31693: Utah Airport Gets 500 Feet More Controlled Sky

2024-31693, Establishment of Class E Airspace; Blanding Municipal Airport, Blanding, UT, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-07, effective Comments must be received on or before February 21, 2025. (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31693
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31693
- Title: Establishment of Class E Airspace; Blanding Municipal Airport, Blanding, UT
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-07
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before February 21, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Utah Airport Gets 500 Feet More Controlled Sky

## Summary

The FAA wants to create new Class E airspace starting 700 feet above Blanding Municipal Airport in Utah and remove the old Class E airspace that began at 1,200 feet. This change helps pilots fly safely using instruments and updates the airport’s official description. If you have thoughts, speak up by February 21, 2025—no costs or big hassles for the public!

## Abstract

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and revoke Class E airspace extending from 1,200 feet above the surface at Blanding Municipal Airport, Blanding, UT. Additionally, this action proposes administrative amendments to update the airport's legal description. These actions would support the airport's current instrument flight rules (IFR) operations that lack containment.

## Effects PRIA read

- New Class E Airspace at Blanding: benefit, low. If you fly into or out of Blanding Municipal Airport under instruments, the FAA proposes Class E airspace starting at 700 feet above the surface (replacing the old 1,200-foot start). The proposed area would be a 6.2-mile radius (excluding airspace parallel to the runway 3.1 miles west) and would ex…

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## Sources
- [2024-31693 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/07/2024-31693/establishment-of-class-e-airspace-blanding-municipal-airport-blanding-ut)
- [2024-31693 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-07/pdf/2024-31693.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31693 (as of 2026-06-11).