New York has joined the growing list of states proposing legislation to ban landing fees based on ADS-B data.
NY Senate Bill S10490, introduced May 15, 2026, by State Senator John Liu (D-16), would prohibit the monetization of ADS-B information, including the billing of landing fees, for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or less and operating under 14 CFR Part 91 rules.
If passed, New York would join Montana and Florida in successfully banning ADS-B landing fees statewide, according to officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association. Similar bills are being considered in several other states and at the federal level via the Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act (PAPA) and the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act.
In recent weeks, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford have both voiced concern over the use of ADS-B, a safety-enhancing technology, in ways that discourage its use, saying it was not created to use for revenue collection at airports.
“As we continue to build a strong safety culture in general aviation, EAA opposes any attempt to financially disincentivize proficiency and good decision-making,” EAA officials said. “A fee that directly taxes the act of landing at a particular airport is flagrantly contrary to the best interests of aviation safety. Approaches, landings, and takeoffs are perishable skills, and pilots must practice them often to maintain proficiency — not only at their home airport, but at unfamiliar airports as well.”
For more information: EAA.org
Who are “EAA officials” responsible for the quote? Finally, this person just stated the truth: ‘we are opposed to fees regardless of how they are collected!’ If the users don’t assist financially, where do they propose the money will come from to operate multi-million-dollar airport facilities? I’m afraid I know your answer: other taxpayers.
Get a breakdown on the price per gallon of avgas, and you’ll see that taxes shown to support airport infrastructure are included and paid by the pilots who as a result DO already “assist financially.”
This is one of the reasons avgas is literally double the price of auto gas.
Nate D’Anna, once your taxes are paid to the state and fed, what is the percentage returning to your local airport for revenue use? Understand the taxes go to a trust fund for one-time capital improvement projects, not the airport’s daily operating expenses. User fees are used for both the required matching fund for grants AND operating expenses.