---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 73.17"
title: "14"
number: "73.17"
heading: "Controlling agency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/73.17"
---

# §73.17. Controlling agency.


For the purposes of this part, the controlling agency is the FAA facility that may authorize transit through or flight within a restricted area in accordance with a joint-use letter issued under [§ 73.15](/cfr/14/73.15.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 779, Jan. 2, 1981, unless otherwise noted.