### Question
How is the term congested airport defined?


### Answer
The term **congested airport** is defined in *49 U.S.C. § 47175* as the following:

> 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 2004 or any successor report

#### 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**

