---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 161.1"
title: "14"
number: "161.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/161.1"
---

# §161.1. Purpose.


This part implements the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. App. 2153, 2154, 2155, and 2156). It prescribes:

- (a) Notice requirements and procedures for airport operators implementing Stage 3 aircraft noise and access restrictions pursuant to agreements between airport operators and aircraft operators;
- (b) Analysis and notice requirements for airport operators proposing Stage 2 aircraft noise and access restrictions;
- (c) Notice, review, and approval requirements for airport operators proposing Stage 3 aircraft noise and access restrictions; and
- (d) Procedures for Federal Aviation Administration reevaluation of agreements containing restrictions on Stage 3 aircraft operations and of aircraft noise and access restrictions affecting Stage 3 aircraft operations imposed by airport operators.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 47523-47527, 47533.

### Source

Source: Docket 26432, 56 FR 48698, Sept. 25, 1991, unless otherwise noted.