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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 24. Transportation And Motor Vehicles
Agency 30. Department of Transportation
Chapter 21. General Rules and Regulations of the Commonwealth Transportation Board

12/4/2025

24VAC30-21-50. Placement of airport or heliport facilities.

No airport runways, heliports, or similar facilities, either private or commercial, may be placed adjacent to highway rights-of-way in such a manner as to impede the safe flow of vehicular traffic. Runways or similar facilities shall be placed a proper distance to allow a minimum glide slope for aircraft of 3° approaching said runway, or at a height over the roadway of 30 feet, whichever is greater. All airports or heliports proposed in the vicinity of highway rights-of-way shall take these minimum road clearances into consideration when planning the location of the end of their runways.

Statutory Authority

§ 33.2-210 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 10, eff. March 3, 2011; amended, Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 5, eff. November 19, 2025.

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