### Question
What does congested airport mean?


### Answer
**Congested airport** has the following meaning in *49 U.S.C. § 47175*:

> an airport that accounted for at least 1 percent of all delayed aircraft operations in the United States in the most recent year for which such data is available and an airport listed in table 1 of the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2001

#### Citation:
  - *49 U.S.C. § 47175*
  - Heading: **SUBTITLE VII-AVIATION PROGRAMS > PART B-AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE > CHAPTER 471-AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT > SUBCHAPTER III-AVIATION DEVELOPMENT STREAMLINING**

