14 CFR § 161.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s161.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 161.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "161.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "AIRPORTS"
part_number: "161"
part_name: "NOTICE AND APPROVAL OF AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(g), 47523-47527, 47533."
regulatory_source: "Docket 26432, 56 FR 48698, Sept. 25, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "161"
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# 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.