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Definitions
AC 150/5020-1 - Noise Control and Compatibility Planning for Airports, Chapter 3, Section 2
FAA’s AIP Handbook (Order 5100.38D), Appendix R
FAA | Surface and Overhead Aviation Easement (example)
Avigation Easement Law and Legal Definition
FAA Publication: Land Use Compatibility and Airports
Scholarly Articles
C. D. Hogue Jr., Aviation -- Liability of Airport for Low Flying -- Flights Through Airspace as Taking of an Easement, 25 N.C. L. Rev. 64
(1946).
Aviation Noise Abatement: Federal Control but Local Liability?, 22 URB. L. ANN. 301 (1981)
Kettelson, Ernest S. “INVERSE CONDEMNATION OF AIR EASEMENTS.”
Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal
3, no. 1 (1968): 97–110
Scott P. Keifer, Aircraft Overflights as a Fifth Amendment Taking: The Extension of Damages for the Loss of Potential Future Uses to Aviation Easements. Brown v. United States, 4 Mo. Envtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 88 (1996)
Barnes, William C. "Considerations in Value Findings for Avigation Easements".
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Journal
3, no. 42 (1974): 441-447
anon, Annual Survey of Washington Law, Determination of Time of Taking of Avigation Easement, 41 Wash. L. Rev. 574 (1966).
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012. Fair Disclosure and Airport Impact Statements in Real Estate Transfers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Kettelson, Ernest S. “INVERSE CONDEMNATION OF AIR EASEMENTS.”
Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal
3, no. 1 (1968): 97–110.
Case Law
Virginia Highlands Airport Authority v Singleton Auto Parts Inc.
Opinion Pieces
Valuation of Avigation Easements: When it comes to rights and restrictions, even the sky has its limits.
Avigation Easements, and Lawsuits for Inverse Condemnation and for Nuisance
Broad Rights of an Avigation Easement
Valuation of Avigation Easements: When it comes to rights and restrictions, even the sky has its limits.
Further Reading
Oregon board finds airport easement ordinance unconstitutional
Proposed Avigation Easement Laws Could Create Toll Roads in the Sky for Drone Operations
Legal Documentation: Hillsboro Airport Zoning Challenge - LUBA Decision
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Get In Touch + Get Involved
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