Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Apr 02, 2025
§ 161.1 - Purpose.

This part implements the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2153, 2154, 2155, and 2156). It prescribes:

(a) Notice requirements and procedures for airport operators implementing Stage 3 aircraft noise and access restrictions pursuant to agreements between airport operators and aircraft operators;

(b) Analysis and notice requirements for airport operators proposing Stage 2 aircraft noise and access restrictions;

(c) Notice, review, and approval requirements for airport operators proposing Stage 3 aircraft noise and access restrictions; and

(d) Procedures for Federal Aviation Administration reevaluation of agreements containing restrictions on Stage 3 aircraft operations and of aircraft noise and access restrictions affecting Stage 3 aircraft operations imposed by airport operators.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 47523-47527, 47533
source: Docket 26432, 56 FR 48698, Sept. 25, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 161.1