For more than 25 years, the FAA has taken the position that hangars at federally funded airports should be reserved for aeronautical use. By and large, this has benefitted those seeking to house their aircraft at those airports. But in recent years-concerned that the FAA's requirements had become more stringent-some airports' efforts to create a "sterile" hangar environment have been extreme, forcing hangar owners and lessees to remove every tool, drip pan, spare part, or personal item from their hangars. AOPA and others have complained, and the FAA has responded with an updated policy on hangar use, but AOPA says the proposed update doesn't go far enough-especially on construction of amateur-built aircraft and privately owned hangars-and is asking the agency to give hangar owners and users more latitude when it comes to how they use the space.
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