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Pease ANG (Air National Guard) AICUZ — Federal Airspace and Noise Overlay (NH)

Tracked preemption from the New Hampshire overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1991-04-01
Sunset
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Authority
federal
Scope
state:NH
Other New Hampshire preemptions
NH HB 631 / Chapter 201 (2025) — Multifamily / Mixed-Use By Right on Commercial LandNH RSA 674:72 — Accessory Dwelling Units (HB 577 / Chapter 197 Rewrite)NH RSA 674:71 / 674:58–61 — Workforce Housing Reasonable Opportunity MandateNH RSA 483-B — Shoreland Water Quality Protection ActNH RSA 674:32 — Manufactured Housing Anti-Exclusionary MandateNH RSA 675 — Procedure for Adoption of Zoning, Subdivision, and Site-Plan RegulationsHubbard Brook Experimental Forest — USFS Research Watershed Carve-OutWhite Mountain National Forest — Federal Land Carve-Out (USFS)

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

parcel.within_pease_aicuz == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].allowed_usesconstrainper_aicuz_compatibility_guidelinesResidential and noise-sensitive uses constrained within AICUZ noise zones (65 DNL+, APZ-I, APZ-II) around Pease Air National Guard Base
base_districts[*].max_height_ftcap_atper_FAR_part_77_surfacesHeight limits per FAA 14 CFR Part 77 imaginary surfaces around the runway

Citation

Authority source
Pease ANG AICUZ Study; FAA 14 CFR Part 77; DoD Instruction 4165.57
§ AICUZ + 14 CFR Part 77
https://www.ang.af.mil/

Research notes

Pease was a USAF Strategic Air Command base (closed 1991), reopened in part as Pease Air National Guard Base (157th Air Refueling Wing, KC-46A tankers). The active military airfield + co-located Portsmouth International Airport at Pease generate AICUZ noise zones and FAR Part 77 surfaces that overlay portions of Newington, Portsmouth, and Greenland. Federal AICUZ guidance is advisory to municipalities but is operationally treated as a constraint on residential development. Tracked here so city records in Newington / Portsmouth / Greenland flag AICUZ exposure.