Sterile area

Sterile area means a portion of an airport defined in the airport security program that provides passengers access to boarding aircraft and to which the access generally is controlled by TSA, or by an aircraft operator under part 1544 of this chapter or a foreign air carrier under part 1546 of this chapter, through the screening of persons and property.

Source

49 CFR § 1540.5

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Scoping language

In addition to the terms in part 1500 of this chapter, the following terms are used in this subchapter:

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