49 USC § 41746 - Tracking service

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s41746"
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title: "49 USC § 41746 - Tracking service"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "41746"
section_name: "Tracking service"
chapter_number: 417
chapter_name: "OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–176, title IV, § 407, Dec. 12, 2003, 117 Stat. 2545.)"
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# § 41746. Tracking service

The Secretary of Transportation shall require a carrier that provides essential air service to an eligible place and that receives compensation for such service under this subchapter to report not less than semiannually—

**(1)** the percentage of flights to and from the place that arrive on time as defined by the Secretary; and

**(2)** such other information as the Secretary considers necessary to evaluate service provided to passengers traveling to and from such place.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–176, title IV, § 407, Dec. 12, 2003, 117 Stat. 2545.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable only to fiscal years beginning after , except as otherwise specifically provided, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2003 Amendment note under .