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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 152.3 

Airway Development Act of 1970, as 
amended (49 U.S.C. 1701 

et seq.

). 

§ 152.3

Definitions. 

The following are definitions of 

terms used throughout this part: 

AADA 

means the Airport and Airway 

Development Act of 1970, as amended 
(49 U.S.C. 1701 

et seq.

). 

Air carrier airport 

means— 

(1) An existing public airport regu-

larly served, or a new public airport 
that the Administrator determines will 
be regularly served, by an air carrier, 
other than a charter air carrier, certifi-
cated by the Civil Aeronautics Board 
under section 401 of the Federal Avia-
tion Act of 1958; and 

(2) A commuter service airport. 

Airport 

means— 

(1) Any area of land or water that is 

used, or intended for use, for the land-
ing and takeoff of aircraft; 

(2) Any appurtenant areas that are 

used, or intended for use, for airport 
buildings, other airport facilities, or 
rights-of-way; and 

(3) All airport buildings and facilities 

located on the areas specified in this 
definition. 

Airport development 

means— 

(1) Any work involved in con-

structing, improving, or repairing a 
public airport or portion thereof, in-
cluding the removal, lowering, reloca-
tion, and marking and lighting or air-
port hazards, and including navigation 
aids used by aircraft landing at, or tak-
ing off from, a public airport, and in-
cluding safety equipment required by 
rule or regulation for certification of 
the airport under section 612 of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and secu-
rity equipment required of the sponsor 
by the FAA by rule or regulation for 
the safety and security of persons or 
property on the airport, and including 
snow removal equipment, and includ-
ing the purchase of noise suppressing 
equipment, the construction of phys-
ical barriers, and landscaping for the 
purpose of diminishing the effect of 
aircraft noise on any area adjacent to a 
public airport. 

(2) Any acquisition of land or of any 

interest therein, or of any easement 
through or other interest in airspace, 
including land for future airport devel-
opment, which is necessary to permit 

any such work or to remove or miti-
gate or prevent or limit the establish-
ment of, airport hazards; and 

(3) Any acquisition of land or of any 

interest therein necessary to insure 
that such land is used only for purposes 
which are compatible with the noise 
levels of the operation of a public air-
port. 

Airport hazard 

means any structure 

or object of natural growth located on 
or in the vicinity of a public airport, or 
any use of land near a public airport, 
that— 

(1) Obstructs the airspace required 

for the flight of aircraft landing or tak-
ing off at the airport; or 

(2) Is otherwise hazardous to aircraft 

landing or taking off at the airport. 

Airport layout plan 

means a plan for 

the layout of an airport, showing exist-
ing and proposed airport facilities. 

Airport master planning 

means the de-

velopment for planning purposes of in-
formation and guidance to determine 
the extent, type, and nature of develop-
ment needed at a specific airport. 

Airport system planning 

means the de-

velopment for planning purposes of in-
formation and guidance to determine 
the extent, type, nature, location, and 
timing of airport development needed 
in a specific area to establish a viable 
and balanced system of public airports. 

Audit 

means the examination and 

verification of part or all of the docu-
mentary evidence supporting an item 
of project cost in accordance with At-
tachment P of Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–102 (44 FR 
60958). 

Commuter service airport 

means an air 

carrier airport— 

(1) That is not served by an air car-

rier certificated under section 401 of 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958; 

(2) That is regularly served by one or 

more air carriers operating under an 
exemption granted by the Civil Aero-
nautics Board from section 401(a) of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958; and 

(3) At which not less than 2,500 pas-

sengers were enplaned during the pre-
ceding calendar year by air carriers op-
erating under an exemption from sec-
tion 401(a). 

Force account 

means— 

(1) The sponsor’s or planning agen-

cy’s own labor force; or 

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