Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§49102 Purpose

Title 49 › SUBTITLE VII — AVIATION PROGRAMS › PART D — PUBLIC AIRPORTS › CHAPTER 491 — METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS › § 49102

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the two Metropolitan Washington airports, their access highways, and related facilities be run together under a long-term lease by an airport authority set up by Virginia and the District of Columbia so locals control how they are run and developed. It also does not stop the Airports Authority and Maryland from agreeing to add Baltimore/Washington International Airport to a regional authority if all named parties agree.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §49102

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(a)General.—
The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the transfer of operating responsibility under long-term lease of the 2 Metropolitan Washington Airport properties as a unit, including access highways and other related facilities, to a properly constituted independent airport authority created by Virginia and the District of Columbia, in order to achieve local control, management, operation, and development of these important transportation assets.
(b)Inclusion of Baltimore/Washington International Airport Not Precluded.—
This chapter does not prohibit the Airports Authority and Maryland from making an agreement to make Baltimore/Washington International Airport part of a regional airports authority, subject to terms agreed to by the Airports Authority, the Secretary of Transportation, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 49102(a)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6003(a), 100 Stat. 1783–374. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6003(a), 100 Stat. 3341–377. 49102(b)(uncodified).Oct. 18, 1986, Pub. L. 99–500, title VI, § 6003(b), 100 Stat. 1783–374. Oct. 30, 1986, Pub. L. 99–591, title VI, § 6003(b), 100 Stat. 3341–377. In subsection (b), the words “and conditions” are omitted as being included in “terms”.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 49102 was renumbered section 50102 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 49102

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110