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Final ruleTook effect July 9, 2026

Amendment of Restricted Area R-5201; Fort Drum, NY

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register March 23, 2026. Document 2026-05581. Updated Nov. 13, 2026.

What it does

This action amends restricted area R-5201, Fort Drum, NY, by modifying the time of designation to be "continuous" to align with actual usage. This change does not add additional airspace to the designated restricted area. This action also updates the using agency for R-5201 to follow the FAA's current airspace description format guidance and adds two geographic coordinates to the description of restricted area R-5201.

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 73

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 488 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

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

Since then:

What happens next and when

Effective date 0901 UTC, July 9, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-05581
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesTransportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
PublishedMarch 23, 2026
Effective dateJuly 9, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)2120-AA66
DocketFAA-2025-2645

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