Definitions

§ 47102. Definitions In this subchapter— (1) “air carrier airport” means a public airport regularly served by— (A) an air carrier certificated by the Secretary of Transportation under section 41102 of this title (except a charter air carrier); or (B) at least one air carrier— 108 STAT. 1249 (i) operating under an exemption from section 41101(a)(1) of this title that the Secretary grants; and (ii) having at least 2,500 passenger boardings at the airport during the prior calendar year. (2) “airport”— (A) means— (i) an area of land or water used or intended to be used for the landing and taking off of aircraft; (ii) an appurtenant area used or intended to be used for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights of way; and (iii) airport buildings and facilities located in any of those areas; and (B) includes a heliport. (3) “airport development” means the following activities, if undertaken by the sponsor, owner, or operator of a public-use airport: (A) constructing, repairing, or improving a public-use airport, including— (i) removing, lowering, relocating, marking, and lighting an airport hazard; and (ii) preparing a plan or specification, including carrying out a field investigation. (B) acquiring for, or installing at, a public-use airport— (i) a navigation aid or another aid (including a precision approach system) used by aircraft for landing at or taking off from the airport, including preparing the site as required by the acquisition or installation; (ii) safety or security equipment the Secretary requires by regulation for, or approves as contributing significantly to, the safety or security of individuals and property at the airport; (iii) equipment to remove snow, to measure runway surface friction, or for aviation-related weather reporting; (iv) firefighting and rescue equipment at an airport that serves scheduled passenger operations of air carrier aircraft designed for more than 20 passenger seats; (v) aircraft deicing equipment and structures (except aircraft deicing fluids and storage facilities for the equipment and fluids); and (vi) interactive training systems. (C) acquiring an interest in land or airspace, including land for future airport development, that is needed— (i) to carry out airport development described in subclause (A) or (B) of this clause; or (ii) to remove or mitigate an existing airport hazard or prevent or limit the creation of a new airport hazard. (D) acquiring land for, or constructing, a bum area training structure on or off the airport to provide live fire drill training for aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel required to receive the training under regulations the Secretary prescribes, including basic equipment and minimum structures to support the training under standards the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration prescribes. 108 STAT. 1250 (E) relocating after December 31, 1991, an air traffic control tower and any navigational aid (including radar) if the relocation is necessary to carry out a project approved by the Secretary under this subchapter. (F) constructing, reconstructing, repairing, or improving an airport, or purchasing capital equipment for an airport, if paid for by a grant under this subchapter and necessary for compliance with the responsibilities of the operator or owner of the airport under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), except constructing or purchasing capital equipment that would benefit primarily a revenue-producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business. (G) acquiring land for, or work necessary to construct, a pad suitable for deicing aircraft before takeoff at a commercial service airport, including constructing or reconstructing paved areas, drainage collection structures, treatment and discharge systems, appropriate lighting, paved access for deicing vehicles and aircraft, but not including acquiring aircraft deicing fluids or constructing or reconstructing storage facilities for aircraft deicing equipment or fluids. (4) “airport hazard” means a structure or object of natural growth located on or near a public-use airport, or a use of land near the airport, that obstructs or otherwise is hazardous to the landing or taking off of aircraft at or from the airport. (5) “airport planning” means planning as defined by regulations the Secretary prescribes and includes integrated airport system planning. (6) “amount made available under section 48103 of this title” means the amount authorized for grants under section 48103 of this title as reduced by any law enacted after September 3, 1982. (7) “commercial service airport” means a public airport in a State that the Secretary determines has at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year and is receiving scheduled passenger aircraft service. (8) “integrated airport system planning” means developing for planning purposes information and guidance to decide the extent, kind, location, and timing of airport development needed in a specific area to establish a viable, balanced, and integrated system of public-use airports, including— (A) identifying system needs; (B) developing an estimate of systemwide development costs; (C) conducting studies, surveys, and other planning actions, including those related to airport access, needed to decide which aeronautical needs should be met by a system of airports; and (D) standards prescribed by a State, except standards for safety of approaches, for airport development at nonprimary public-use airports. (9) “landed weight” means the weight of aircraft transporting only cargo in intrastate, interstate, and foreign air transport-108 STAT. 1251tation, as the Secretary determines under regulations the Secretary prescribes. (10) “passenger boardings”— (A) means revenue passenger boardings on an aircraft in service in air commerce as the Secretary determines under regulations the Secretary prescribes; and (B) includes passengers who continue on an aircraft in international flight that stops at an airport in the 48 contiguous States, Alaska, or Hawaii for a nontraffic purpose. (11) “primary airport” means a commercial service airport the Secretary determines to have more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year. (12) “project” means a project, separate projects included in one project grant application, or all projects to be undertaken at an airport in a fiscal year, to achieve airport development or airport planning. (13) “project cost” means a cost involved in carrying out a project. (14) “project grant” means a grant of money the Secretary makes to a sponsor to carry out at least one project. (15) “public agency” means— (A) a State or political subdivision of a State; (B) a tax-supported organization; or (C) an Indian tribe or pueblo. (16) “public airport” means an airport used or intended to be used for public purposes— (A) that is under the control of a public agency; and (B) of which the area used or intended to be used for the landing, taking off, or surface maneuvering of aircraft is publicly owned. (17) “public-use airport” means— (A) a public airport; or (B) a privately-owned airport used or intended to be used for public purposes that is— (i) a reliever airport; or (ii) determined by the Secretary to have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year and to receive scheduled passenger aircraft service. (18) “reliever airport” means an airport the Secretary designates to relieve congestion at a commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community. (19) “sponsor” means— (A) a public agency that submits to the Secretary under this subchapter an application for financial assistance; and (B) a private owner of a public-use airport that submits to the Secretary under this subchapter an application for financial assistance for the airport. (20) “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Guam.