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over your property How much airspace do you own over your own property?

by josefresco 8y ago

0xcde4c3db 8y ago
I read "over your property" as already implying that the airspace isn't your property.
- josefresco 8y ago
  I honestly didn't/don't know. How far do you own down?
  - mijamo 8y ago
    Depend of the country, in France it's to the center of the earth, which means you receive some money when they build a metro under your house becaude they buy a right to use part of your property.
    - lainga 8y ago
      Iceland invaded by French Marines; geothermal energy in magma was "not theirs to take", says Macron"
  - pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    In UK I'm pretty sure it's nothing, certainly you don't get anything (money/rights) if oil or coal is extracted from beneath your property ... but then people are allowed - with planning permission - to build down from established property. I expect the Crown owns it all.
PeterisP 8y ago
IIRC it's all the airspace until the 'general aviation' zone starts, where the owner still has some control but FAA or other local authority legally requires property owners to permit operation of planes and other properly licenced aircraft. There's not much court precedent yet, and many places are passing specific laws to clarify this, but the general assumption should be that unless you're above 400-500 feet where national aviation regulations apply, you'd need a permission from the owner of the land.
- josefresco 8y ago
  Could I destroy an RC vehicle driven onto my land property? The laws should be the same for both, although I'm not banking on it.
  - npongratz 8y ago
    Could you? Sure! Could you legally destroy it? As they say, "possession is nine-tenths of the law."
  - PeterisP 8y ago
    The general principle seems to be that things owned by others remain so even if they are on your property, and intentionally damaging them is vandalism. E.g. if you notice someone's car parked on your land and smash its windows, that'd be a crime even if that car "has no right to be there" - you could require the car to leave in some legal manner, possibly have it towed or sue for damages caused by it being there; but breaking other people's stuff is one of the oldest things prohibited by law.

over your property How much airspace do you own over your own property?

0xcde4c3db 8y ago

I read "over your property" as already implying that the airspace isn't your property.

josefresco 8y ago
I honestly didn't/don't know. How far do you own down?
- mijamo 8y ago
  Depend of the country, in France it's to the center of the earth, which means you receive some money when they build a metro under your house becaude they buy a right to use part of your property.
  - lainga 8y ago
    Iceland invaded by French Marines; geothermal energy in magma was "not theirs to take", says Macron"
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago
  In UK I'm pretty sure it's nothing, certainly you don't get anything (money/rights) if oil or coal is extracted from beneath your property ... but then people are allowed - with planning permission - to build down from established property. I expect the Crown owns it all.

PeterisP 8y ago

IIRC it's all the airspace until the 'general aviation' zone starts, where the owner still has some control but FAA or other local authority legally requires property owners to permit operation of planes and other properly licenced aircraft. There's not much court precedent yet, and many places are passing specific laws to clarify this, but the general assumption should be that unless you're above 400-500 feet where national aviation regulations apply, you'd need a permission from the owner of the land.

josefresco 8y ago
Could I destroy an RC vehicle driven onto my land property? The laws should be the same for both, although I'm not banking on it.
- npongratz 8y ago
  Could you? Sure! Could you legally destroy it? As they say, "possession is nine-tenths of the law."
- PeterisP 8y ago
  The general principle seems to be that things owned by others remain so even if they are on your property, and intentionally damaging them is vandalism. E.g. if you notice someone's car parked on your land and smash its windows, that'd be a crime even if that car "has no right to be there" - you could require the car to leave in some legal manner, possibly have it towed or sue for damages caused by it being there; but breaking other people's stuff is one of the oldest things prohibited by law.