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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="5-207" title_number="5" title_name="Aviation" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Aviation Commission and Maryland Aviation Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “State airway” means any route designated by the Administration as a route suitable for air navigation above the land or waters of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Administration may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Designate, design, and establish, expand, or modify a State airways system that best serves the interest of this State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>As required in the public interest, chart the system and arrange for publication and distribution of maps, charts, notices, and bulletins relating to the airways.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A State airway may not be established, expanded, or modified unless, after a hearing open to interested parties, the Administration finds that such action is necessary to the safety and advancement of aeronautics in this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The State airways system:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall be supplementary to and coordinated in design and operation with the federal airways system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May include any type of publicly or privately owned air navigation facility conforming to federal safety standards.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
