ORIGINAL: eddieC
That boundry line extends up to the minimum altitude limits of the FAA. Yes you do own the air above your property.
Patently false. A property owner's air rights
do not extend 'up to the minimum altitude limits of the FAA'. Where do you get this stuff? As already stated, you own the airspace for 'reasonable use'. There's nothing to stop an aircraft fromflying lowover your property, keeping the 500' limit from people or structures. By the same token, a property owner can't put up a 200' windmill and not expect FAA (or local) review.
The air rights actually extend above that limit for real estate purpose. You can build a windmill as high as you want if not near an airport or other restricted airspace, with the proper permits that is.Though a radio tower is another matter. But for aircraft flying too low the FAA rule defines where the aircraft cannot be and that cannot be less than 500 feet above a house or group of people. In fact they must be above 1000 feet above in populated areas.
This defines the navigable airspace and the limits of property air rights as it pertains to overflying aircraft. When you are flying a UAV below 400 feet you are, in most places, flying in non navigable airspace and thus trespassing the property you are overflying.
FALSE. You are aware that there is uncontrolled airspace is the USA that extends from the surface to 18,000' (FL180), aren't you?
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Navigable airspace and controlled airspace is a different concept. Controlled and uncontrolled airspace includes both navigable andnon navigable airspace.The fact thatan airplane can actually flythrough non navigable airspace does not makeit navigable airspace.
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