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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 152.3 

(2) The labor force of another public 

agency acting as an agent of the spon-
sor or planning agency. 

General aviation airport 

means a pub-

lic airport other than an air carrier 
airport. 

Landing area 

means an area used, or 

intended to be used, for the landing, 
takeoff, or surface maneuvering of air-
craft. 

NASP 

means the National Airport 

System Plan. 

National Airport System Plan 

means 

the plan for the development of public 
airports in the United States formu-
lated by the Administrator under sec-
tion 12 of the AADA. 

Nonrevenue producing public-use areas 

means areas that are directly related 
to the movement of passengers and 
baggage in air commerce within the 
boundaries of the airport. 

Passengers enplaned 

means— 

(1) United States domestic, terri-

torial, and international revenue pas-
senger enplanements in scheduled and 
nonscheduled service of air carriers; 
and 

(2) Revenue passenger enplanements 

by foreign air carriers in intrastate and 
interstate commerce. 

Planning agency 

means a planning 

agency designated by the Adminis-
trator that is authorized by the laws of 
a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pa-
cific Islands, or Guam, or by the laws 
of a political subdivision of any of 
those entities, to engage in areawide 
planning for the areas in which assist-
ance under this part is to be used. 

Project 

means a project for the ac-

complishment of airport development, 
airport master planning, or airport sys-
tem planning. 

Project costs 

means any costs involved 

in accomplishing a project. 

Project formulation costs 

means, with 

respect to projects for airport develop-
ment, any necessary costs of formu-
lating a project including— 

(1) The costs of field surveys and the 

preparation of plans and specifications; 

(2) The acquisition of land or inter-

ests in land, or easement through or 
other interests in airspace; and 

(3) Any necessary administrative or 

other incidental costs incurred by the 

sponsor specifically in connection with 
the accomplishment of a project for 
airport development, that would not 
have been incurred otherwise. 

Public agency 

means— 

(1) A state, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, the Government of the 
Northern Marianas, Guam, or any 
agency of those entities; 

(2) A municipality or other political 

subdivision; 

(3) A tax-supported organization; or 
(4) An Indian tribe or pueblo. 

Public airport 

means any airport 

that— 

(1) Is used, or intended to be used, for 

public purposes; 

(2) Is under the control of a public 

agency; and 

(3) Has a property interest satisfac-

tory to the Administrator in the land-
ing area. 

Reliever airport 

means a general avia-

tion airport designated by the Admin-
istrator as having the primary function 
of relieving congestion at an air carrier 
airport by diverting from that airport 
general aviation traffic. 

Runway clear zone 

means an area at 

ground level underlying a portion of 
the approach surface specified in the 
standards incorporated into this part 
by § 152.11. 

Satisfactory property interest 

means— 

(1) Title free and clear of any rever-

sionary interest, lien, easement, lease, 
or other encumbrance that, in the 
opinion of the Administrator would— 

(i) Create an undue risk that it might 

deprive the sponsor of possession or 
control; 

(ii) Interfere with the use of the air-

port for public airport purposes; or 

(iii) Make it impossible for the spon-

sor to carry out the agreements and 
convenants in its grant application; 

(2) Unless a shorter term is author-

ized by the Administrator, a lease of 
not less than 20 years granted to the 
sponsor by another public agency, or 
the United States, that has title as de-
scribed in paragraph (1) of this defini-
tion, on terms that the Administrator 
considers satisfactory; 

(3) In the case of an off-airport area, 

title or an agreement, easement, lease-
hold or other right or property interest 

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