Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

49 U.S.C. § 44719

Standards for navigational aids

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.

Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e)108 Stat. 1201(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

44719

49 App.:1348 (note).

Dec. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–223, § 308, 101 Stat. 1526.

The words “Not later than ” are omitted as obsolete.