Regulations and Government
TSA's GA airport security plan due out this month
General aviation organizations have been working with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this summer to develop security recommendations for

General aviation organizations have been working with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this summer to develop security recommendations for GA airports of all sizes, and a report is expected to be issued near the end of this month.

The TSA’s Aviation Security Advisory Council (ASAC) created a general aviation airports security working group in April to categorize public- and private-use GA airports and develop “appropriate” security guidelines for each category of airport. The TSA wants a unified set of recommendations across the spectrum of GA landing facilities to forestall a patchwork of state and local security regulations, which the agency said could overly burden some airport owners and operators while leaving security gaps at other locations.