---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 46319"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "46319"
heading: "Permanent closure of an airport without providing sufficient notice"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/46319"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart iv — enforcement and penalties"
  - "Chapter 463 — Penalties"
---

# §46319. Permanent closure of an airport without providing sufficient notice

- (a) **Prohibition.—** A public agency (as defined in [section 47102](/usc/49/47102.md)) may not permanently close an [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) listed in the national plan of integrated [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) systems under [section 47103](/usc/49/47103.md) without providing written notice to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration at least 30 days before the date of the closure.
- (b) **Publication of Notice.—** The Administrator shall publish each notice received under [subsection (a)](#a) in the Federal Register.
- (c) **Civil Penalty.—** A public agency violating [subsection (a)](#a) shall be liable for a civil penalty of $10,000 for each day that the [airport](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-9) remains closed without having given the notice required by this section.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–176, title I, § 185(a), Dec. 12, 2003, 117 Stat. 2517.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2003, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–176, set out as an Effective Date of 2003 Amendment note under section 106 of this title.