NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 63-50 (2026)

Airports a public purpose

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The acquisition of any lands for the purpose of establishing airports or other air navigation facilities; the acquisition of airport protection privileges; the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance, equipment and operation of airports and other air navigation facilities, and the exercise of any other powers herein granted to municipalities, are hereby declared to be public, governmental and municipal functions exercised for a public purpose and matters of public necessity, and such lands and other property, easements and privileges acquired and used by such municipalities in the manner and for the purposes enumerated in this Article, shall and are hereby declared to be acquired and used for public, governmental and municipal purposes and as a matter of public necessity. (1945, c. 490, s. 3.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1949–1979 · leading case: Rhodes v. City of Asheville, 52 S.E.2d 371 (N.C. 1949).
Rhodes v. City of Asheville, 52 S.E.2d 371 (N.C. 1949). · cites it 2× “” The defendants contend that the provisions of G.S. 63-50, which ■declares the construction, maintenance and operation of an airport by municipalities pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 63 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, “to be public, governmental and municipal…”
Pinehurst Airlines, Inc. v. Resort Air Servs., Inc., 476 F. Supp. 543 (M.D.N.C. 1979). · cites it 2× “It is appropriate to note, by way of comparison, that the North Carolina legislature has declared that “The acquisition of any lands for the purpose of establishing airports .”
Piedmont Aviation, Inc. v. Raleigh-Durham Airport Auth., 215 S.E.2d 552 (N.C. 1975). “” Thus, in determining the fee it will charge for the privilege of landing an aircraft upon its runway and the rent it will charge for the use of its properties, the Authority is acting as the proprietor of the property, not as a regulatory agency.”
Harrelson v. City of Fayetteville, 155 S.E.2d 749 (N.C. 1967). “) G.S. 63-50 provides, in pertinent1 part, that-“the acquisition, establishment, construction, enlargement', improvement, maintenance, equipment and operation of airports and other1 air navigation facilities, and the exercise of any other-powers herein1 granted to…”
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