The FAA has "exclusive authority" over the nation's airspace and air traffic control, the agency asserted last week, responding to efforts by cities and towns to regulate drone use. "State and local governments are not permitted to regulate any type of aircraft operations, such as flight paths or altitudes, or the navigable airspace," the FAA said. Congress has provided the FAA with exclusive authority to regulate aviation safety, the efficiency of the navigable airspace and air traffic control. However, the regulation of aircraft landing sites does involve local control of land and zoning, the FAA noted, and laws traditionally related to state and local police power - such as land use, zoning, privacy and law-enforcement operations - generally are not subject to federal regulation.
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