All FAA field offices rely primarily on third-party complaints to identify airports' noncompliance with allowable uses. Only 4 of FAA's 23 field offices monitor general aviation airports to ensure that they comply with federal requirements to use airport land only for airport purposes. Without monitoring, airports' unauthorized use of land has gone uncorrected-in some cases for over a decade. Unauthorized land use has resulted in the loss or diversion of millions of dollars in airport revenues from general aviation airports, which are typically owned by local governments. In some cases, increased risks to aviation safety also resulted. If and when FAA becomes aware that an airport is not complying, ft has a variety of statutory and administrative alternatives. However, FAA has generally chosen not to use them, preferring to address noncompliance through negotiation and settlement, an approach that has not always been effective in resolving airports' noncompliance. Our report included recommendations designed to address these problems.


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    Title :

    General Aviation Airports: Oversight and Funding


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    12 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English