Federal Regulations

49 U.S. Code § 40103 - Sovereignty and use of airspace

49 U.S. Code § 40102 - Definitions

The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938

FAA AIP Grant Assurances

The FAR Part 150 Airport Noise Compatibility Planning Program

14 CFR Part 161 - PART 161—NOTICE AND APPROVAL OF AIRPORT NOISE AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

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Scholarly Articles

Wendy B. Davis et al., Hot Air: Undue Judicial Deference to Federal Aviation Administration Expertise in Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Aviation, 69 J. AIR L. & COM. 709 (2004)

Magdalena Habdas, Airport Noise as Public Bads: Comparative Remarks on Legal Challenges in Resolving the Neighbor Conflict Between the Airport and Landowners, 87 J. AIR L. & COM. 91 (2022)

Lee L. Blackman et al., The Environmental Consequences of Municipal Airports: A Subject of Federal
Mandate, 53 J. AIR L. & COM. 375 (1987)

Pierce Giboney, Don't Ground Me Bro!: Private Ownership of Airspace and How It Invalidates the FAA's Blanket Prohibition on Low Altitude Commercial Drone Operations, 67 Fla. L. Rev. 2149 (2015).

Congressional Research Service: Federal Airport Noise Regulations and Programs

Charles S. Rhyne, Airport Legislation and Court Decisions, 14 J. Air L. & Com. 289 (1947)

Luis G. Zambrano, Balancing the Rights of Landowners with the Needs of Airports: The Continuing Battle over Noise, 66 J. Air L. & Com. 445 (2001)

George B. Logan, The Liability of Airport Proprietors, 1 J. Air L. & Com. 263 (1930)

Mary Jo Soenksen, Note, Airports: Full of Sound and Fury and Conflicting Legal Views, 12 Transp. L.J. 325 (1982).

HARPER, DONALD V. “The Continuing Dilemma of Aircraft Noise.” Transportation Journal 28, no. 2 (1988): 33–42

Christine Shang, Recent Developments in Aviation Law, 87 J. Air L. & Com. 231 (2022)

Robert F. Hedrick, A Close and Critical Analysis of the New General Aviation Revitalization Act, 62 J. Air L. & Com. 385 (1996)

Travis M. Perry, Who's the Boss: New York Federal District Court Holds That Sight-Seeing Flights Are Not Regulated by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1994 - SeaAir NY, Inc. v. City of New York, 2000 U.S. Dist. Lexis 12115, 66 J. Air L. & Com. 1313 (2001)

David M. McDonald, 2004 SMU Aviation Case Law Update, 69 J. Air L. & Com. 347 (2004)

Gerald L. Baliles, Aircraft Noise: Removing a Barrier to Aviation Growth, 66 J. Air L. & Com. 1333 (2001)

Matthew Snyder Brysacz, Not in My Bank Yard - The Federal-Local Conflict over General Aviation Airports, 72 J. Air L. & Com. 561 (2007)

Huy Ly, Regulation of Air Traffic - The D.C. Circuit Holds that the FAA Has Statutory Authority to Alter Flight Routes to Mitigate the Impact of Aircraft Noise on Residential Areas, 79 J. AIR L. & COM. 173 (2014)

Colin Cahoon, Low Altitude Airspace: A Property Rights No-Man's Land, 56 J. Air L. & Com. 157 (1990)

Hillary B. Farber, Keep Out! The Efficacy Of Trespass, Nuisance And Privacy Torts As Applied To Drones, 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 359 (2017)

Stanley L. Lester, Nuisance -- As a "Taking" of Property, 17 U. Miami L. Rev. 537 (1963)

Robert K. Eifler S.Ed., CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE-CONTROL OF AIRSPACE, 45 MICH. L. REV. 875 (1947).

William Pennington, Airport Restrictions: A Dilemma of Federal Preemption and Proprietary Control, 56 J. AIR L. & COM. 805 (1991)

Timothy R. Wyatt, Balancing Airport Capacity Requirements with Environmental Concerns: Legal Challenges to Airport Expansion, 76 J. AIR L. & COM. 733 (2011)

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FAA Opinions

Updated Fact Sheet (2023) on State and Local Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

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Case Law

Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. City of Long Beach

Bryski v. City of Chicago

Air Transport Association of America v. Crotti

British Airways Bd. v. Port Authority, New York

National Aviation v. City of Hayward, Cal.

SeaAIR NY, Inc. v. City of New York

Baker v. Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority

Batten v. United States

Vorhees v. Naper Aero Club, Inc.

Casey v. Goulian

Citizens for Abatement v. Airports Auth

Village of Bens. v. Federal Aviation Admin

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Opinion Pieces

Who controls low-altitude airspace?

Causby and effect: How the Uniform Law Commission’s misplaced reliance on a 1946 Supreme Court case threatens the drone industry

Does the Federal Aviation Act Preempt State Law