Ineligibility Period Following Safety or Security Termination
Verified from official sources14 CFR § 89.230Version 1Effective -Verified 22 August 2026
In plain language
If a FRIA is shut down for safety or security reasons, it cannot be re-approved as long as those safety or security concerns exist.
Requirement as structured
If a FRIA is terminated due to safety or security risks, that geographic area remains ineligible to be designated as a FRIA for as long as those risk conditions persist.
Original regulatory text
Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, if the FAA terminates an FAA-recognized identification area based upon a finding that the FAA-recognized identification area may pose a risk to aviation safety, public safety, homeland security, or national security, that area will no longer be eligible to be an FAA-recognized identification area for as long as those conditions remain in effect.
Applies when
- entity
- FAA-recognized identification area (FRIA) administrators and applicants
- country
- United States
- operation
- Remote identification of unmanned aircraft
- regulatory area
- remote_id
- aircraft category
- unmanned aircraft required to be registered
- regulatory category
- General