33 CFR § 162.20 - Flushing Bay near La Guardia Airport, Flushing, N.Y.; restricted area.

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title: "33 CFR § 162.20 - Flushing Bay near La Guardia Airport, Flushing, N.Y.; restricted area."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "162.20"
section_name: "Flushing Bay near La Guardia Airport, Flushing, N.Y.; restricted area."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY"
part_number: "162"
part_name: "INLAND WATERWAYS NAVIGATION REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 70034; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3."
regulatory_source: "CGD 75-082, 42 FR 51759, Sept. 29, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 162.20 Flushing Bay near La Guardia Airport, Flushing, N.Y.; restricted area.

(a) *The area.* An area in the main channel in Flushing Bay extending for a distance of 300 feet on either side of the extended center line of Runway No. 13-31 at La Guardia Airport.

(b) *The regulations.* (1) All vessels traversing the area shall pass directly through without unnecessary delay.

(2) No vessels having a height of more than 35 feet with reference to the plane of mean high water shall enter or pass through the area whenever visibility is less than one mile.

[CGD 75-082, 42 FR 51759, Sept. 29, 1977, as amended by USCG-2011-0257, 76 FR 31838, June 2, 2011]