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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 157.7 

takeoff area of an airport for a period 
of one year or more. 

(d) Construct, realign, alter, activate, 

deactivate, abandon, or discontinue 
using a taxiway associated with a land-
ing or takeoff area on a public-use air-
port. 

(e) Change the status of an airport 

from private use to public use or from 
public use to another status. 

(f) Change any traffic pattern or traf-

fic pattern altitude or direction. 

(g) Change status from IFR to VFR 

or VFR to IFR. 

§ 157.5

Notice of intent. 

(a) Notice shall be submitted on FAA 

Form 7480–1, copies of which may be 
obtained from an FAA Airport District/ 
Field Office or Regional Office, to one 
of those offices and shall be submitted 
at least— 

(1) In the cases prescribed in para-

graphs (a) through (d) of § 157.3, 90 days 
in advance of the day that work is to 
begin; or 

(2) In the cases prescribed in para-

graphs (e) through (g) of § 157.3, 90 days 
in advance of the planned implementa-
tion date. 

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of 

this section— 

(1) In an emergency involving essen-

tial public service, public health, or 
public safety or when the delay arising 
from the 90-day advance notice require-
ment would result in an unreasonable 
hardship, a proponent may provide no-
tice to the appropriate FAA Airport 
District/Field Office or Regional Office 
by telephone or other expeditious 
means as soon as practicable in lieu of 
submitting FAA Form 7480–1. However, 
the proponent shall provide full notice, 
through the submission of FAA Form 
7480–1, when otherwise requested or re-
quired by the FAA. 

(2) notice concerning the deactiva-

tion, discontinued use, or abandonment 
of an airport, an airport landing or 
takeoff area, or associated taxiway 
may be submitted by letter. Prior no-
tice is not required; except that a 30- 
day prior notice is required when an es-
tablished instrument approach proce-
dure is involved or when the affected 
property is subject to any agreement 
with the United States requiring that 

it be maintained and operated as a pub-
lic-use airport. 

§ 157.7

FAA determinations. 

(a) The FAA will conduct an aero-

nautical study of an airport proposal 
and, after consultations with inter-
ested persons, as appropriate, issue a 
determination to the proponent and ad-
vise those concerned of the FAA deter-
mination. The FAA will consider mat-
ters such as the effects the proposed 
action would have on existing or con-
templated traffic patterns of neigh-
boring airports; the effects the pro-
posed action would have on the exist-
ing airspace structure and projected 
programs of the FAA; and the effects 
that existing or proposed manmade ob-
jects (on file with the FAA) and nat-
ural objects within the affected area 
would have on the airport proposal. 
While determinations consider the ef-
fects of the proposed action on the safe 
and efficient use of airspace by aircraft 
and the safety of persons and property 
on the ground, the determinations are 
only advisory. Except for an objection-
able determination, each determina-
tion will contain a determination-void 
date to facilitate efficient planning of 
the use of the navigable airspace. A de-
termination does not relieve the pro-
ponent of responsibility for compliance 
with any local law, ordinance or regu-
lation, or state or other Federal regu-
lation. Aeronautical studies and deter-
minations will not consider environ-
mental or land use compatibility im-
pacts. 

(b) An airport determination issued 

under this part will be one of the fol-
lowing: 

(1) 

No objection. 

(2) 

Conditional. 

A conditional deter-

mination will identify the objection-
able aspects of a project or action and 
specify the conditions which must be 
met and sustained to preclude an objec-
tionable determination. 

(3) 

Objectionable. 

An objectionable de-

termination will specify the FAA’s rea-
sons for issuing such a determination. 

(c) 

Determination void date. 

All work 

or action for which notice is required 
by this sub-part must be completed by 
the determination void date. Unless 
otherwise extended, revised, or termi-
nated, an FAA determination becomes 

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