# 2024-31694: Feds Redrawing Invisible Sky Boxes Over Nevada Desert

2024-31694, Modification of Class E Airspace; Battle Mountain Airport, Battle Mountain, NV, 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/2024-31694
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31694
- Title: Modification of Class E Airspace; Battle Mountain Airport, Battle Mountain, NV
- 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

Feds Redrawing Invisible Sky Boxes Over Nevada Desert

## Summary

The FAA wants to change the airspace rules around Battle Mountain Airport in Nevada to make flying safer and smoother, especially for pilots using instruments. These changes affect pilots flying near the airport and update how the airspace is described. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until February 21, 2025, to speak up—no costs for the public, just safer skies!

## Abstract

This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace area designated as surface area, establish a Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area, modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the earth, and remove Class E airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at Battle Mountain Airport, Battle Mountain, NV. Additionally, this action proposes administrative amendments to update the airport's existing Class E airspace legal descriptions. These actions would support the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

## Effects PRIA read

- Airspace Changed to Support IFR Safety: benefit, low. The FAA proposes several changes to the Class E airspace around Battle Mountain Airport, NV to support instrument flight rules (IFR). Changes include expanding the surface area from a 4.2-mile radius to a 4.4-mile radius with a 0.1-mile extension to the southwest, creating an extension to contain a…
- No Significant Small-Business Costs Claimed: benefit, low. The FAA certifies that this proposed airspace regulation is routine, will have only minimal anticipated impact, and will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

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## Sources
- [2024-31694 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/07/2024-31694/modification-of-class-e-airspace-battle-mountain-airport-battle-mountain-nv)
- [2024-31694 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-07/pdf/2024-31694.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31694 (as of 2026-06-11).