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Final ruleTook effect May 14, 2026

Amendment of Class D, Class E2, Class E4 and Class E5 Airspace Over Patuxent River, MD

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Feb. 19, 2026. Document 2026-03284. Updated Nov. 14, 2026.

What it does

This action amends Class D, Class E2, Class E4, and Class E5 airspace at Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS) (Trapnell Field), Patuxent River, MD. The previously designated controlled airspace did not properly contain instrument flight rule (IFR) operations, which require controlled airspace. The geographic coordinates for Patuxent River NAS (Trapnell Field) are updated in the airspace legal descriptions. The references to the decommissioned Patuxent VORTAC are updated in the Class E2, Class E4, and Class E5 airspace legal descriptions. Last, the references to the decommissioned Patuxent River NDB are removed in the Class E2 and Class E4 airspace legal descriptions.

The Federal Aviation Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

14 CFR 71

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Aviation Administration has published 489 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 518 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

279 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 2120-AA66 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

Effective 0901 UTC, May 14, 2026. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under 1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order JO 7400.11 and publication of conforming amendments.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-03284
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
PublishedFeb. 19, 2026
Effective dateMay 14, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2120-AA66
DocketFAA-2025-5340

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register