49 U.S.C. § 47501
Section 47501 · Definitions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 162 F. Supp. 2d 1343 - National Business Aviation Ass'n v. City of Naples Airport Authority (2001)
Most recently applied in Bellocchio v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (April 2014)
In this subchapter—
(1) “airport” means a public-use airport as defined in section 47102 of this title.
(2) “airport operator” means—
(A) for an airport serving air carriers that have certificates from the Secretary of Transportation, any person holding an airport operating certificate issued under section 44706 of this title; and
(B) for any other airport, the person operating the airport.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
In this section, the words “the term” are omitted as surplus.
In clause (1), the text of 49 App.:2101(3) is omitted as surplus because the complete name of the Secretary of Transportation is used the first time the term appears in a section.
In clause (2), the word “valid” is omitted as surplus.