{"id":5410,"date":"2026-07-02T14:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:19:33","slug":"aapa-calls-for-expanded-drone-restriction-authority-in-faa-rulemaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/aapa-calls-for-expanded-drone-restriction-authority-in-faa-rulemaking\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA Calls for Expanded Drone Restriction Authority in FAA Rulemaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American Association of Port Authorities submitted comments to the Federal Aviation Administration on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/06\/30\/2026-13126\/designation-restrict-the-operation-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-close-proximity-to-a-fixed-site-facility\">Notice of Proposed Rulemaking<\/a> concerning unmanned aircraft flight restrictions around eligible fixed-site facilities, including ports, as part of implementation of Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/06\/30\/2026-13126\/designation-restrict-the-operation-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-close-proximity-to-a-fixed-site-facility\">AAPA stated<\/a> that ports handle hazardous materials, military cargo, cruise passengers, and essential goods, and that unauthorized drone activity raises safety, surveillance, and operational concerns.<br>The association outlined recommendations including expanded eligibility for maritime facilities, recognition of port authorities as critical infrastructure operators, improved coordination, and expanded detection and mitigation authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AAPA also noted that unauthorized drone activity may impact economic resilience, defense readiness, and homeland security objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read AAPA\u2019s comments in full&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.informz.net\/port\/data\/images\/FINAL%202026.06.29%20AAPA%20Comments%20-%20FAA%20UAFR%20NPRM.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Association of Port Authorities submitted comments to the Federal Aviation Administration on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning unmanned aircraft flight restrictions around eligible fixed-site facilities, including ports, as part of implementation of Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016. AAPA stated that ports handle hazardous materials, military cargo, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[1068],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog","tag-aapa-government-relations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5411,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions\/5411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}