It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to release or fly or cause to be released or flown, within five miles of any airport, any moored balloon, kite, unmanned rocket, or unmanned free balloon which might be ingested by an aircraft engine or might cause a pilot’s view of the airport and zone approach to be obstructed, or which could be used to suspend an object capable of endangering airborne aircraft or impairing a pilot’s vision.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 21646
State Airports and Air Navigation Facilities
Known as the State Aeronautics Act
The act spans §§ 21001–21712 (174 sections).
Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1350.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.