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§44719 Standards for Navigational Aids

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part A— AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY › Subpart iii— safety › Chapter 447— SAFETY REGULATION › § 44719

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Transportation Secretary must set rules for where to put navigation aids, including control towers, considering traffic density (number of operations; not size) and other factors.

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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 49Transportation

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60