---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 44719"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "44719"
heading: "Standards for navigational aids"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/44719"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iii — safety"
  - "Chapter 447 — Safety Regulation"
---

# §44719. Standards for navigational aids


The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations on standards for installing navigational aids, including [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) control towers. For each type of facility, the regulations shall consider at a minimum traffic density (number of [aircraft](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-6) operations without consideration of [aircraft](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-6) size), terrain and other obstacles to navigation, weather characteristics, passengers served, and potential [aircraft](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-6) operating efficiencies.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1201.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 44719 | 49 App.:1348 (note). | Dec. 30, 1987, Pub. L. 100–223, § 308, 101 Stat. 1526. |

The words “Not later than December 31, 1988” are omitted as obsolete.