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Federal Airport Act of 1946 is United States statute establishing a federal program for the development of civil aviation
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within the
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. The
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authorized federal grants to progressively evolve
civil aviation Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military and non-state aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work ...
bases. The public law mandates a national airport plan encompassing airport classifications as defined by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The Senate
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was passed by the 79th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the
33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...
Harry Truman on May 13, 1946.


Provisions of the Act

The government financed air transportation law was drafted as nineteen sections commissioning a national construction and development plan for domestic airports throughout the United States.


Amendments to 1946 Act

U.S. Congressional amendments to the Federal Airport Act.


See also

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Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 The Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 ( Pub.L. 91-258) was a United States federal law passed during the 91st Congress, and signed into law by President Richard Nixon in conjunction with the Airport and Airway Revenue Act on May 21, 1970. ...
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Airport Improvement Program The Airport Improvement Program is a United States federal grant program that provides funds to public use airports to help improve safety and efficiency. Improvement projects relate to runways, taxiways, ramps, lighting, signage, weather stations, ...
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Federal Aviation Act of 1958 The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was an act of the United States Congress, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, that created the Federal Aviation Agency (later the Federal Aviation Administration or the FAA) and abolished its predecessor, th ...
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List of Class B airports in the United States Class B is a Airspace class, class of airspace in the United States which follows International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airspace designation. Class B airspace areas are designed to improve aviation safety by reducing the risk of midair c ...
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List of Class C airports in the United States Class C is a class of airspace in the United States which follows International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) air space designation. Class C airspace areas are designed to improve aviation safety by reducing the risk of mid-air collisions in ...
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Post-war aviation The period between 1945 and 1979 is sometimes called the post-war era or the period of the post-war political consensus. During this period, aviation was dominated by the arrival of the Jet Age. In civil aviation the jet engine allowed a huge exp ...
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Runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...


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* * * * * {{cite web , url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015047400943 , title=Legislative History of the Federal Airport Act : Public law 377, Chapter 251, 79th Congress, 2nd session, Volume II , date=April 1948 , website=HathiTrust Digital Library , publisher=University of Michigan 1946 in law 1946 in American law 1946 in aviation 79th United States Congress United States federal transportation legislation Aviation law