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Airports Represent.... |
Economic Development, Employment, Environmental, Noise, Polution |
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Polititians can use Airports as.... |
Leverage |
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If you have seen one Airport |
You have seen ONE airport |
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FAA focus on Airports to remain |
Self Sufficient, Safe and Secure |
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Enplanements measure |
Passenger Boarding |
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Operations measure aircraft |
Taking off and/or landing |
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Cargo is measured in |
Tonage |
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Economic Activity measured in |
Dollars $$$ |
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**The Airport is a ____________ entity and should be run as such |
Public |
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An Enplanement is.... |
passenger boarding a commercial flight |
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World's first airport |
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
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**What act transfered federal government Civil Aviation Role to a new Independant agency |
Civil Aeronautics Act 1938 |
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1938 Civil Aeronautics Act |
Created Civil Aeronautics Authority (Air Safety Board) |
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1940 Reorganization Act |
Creates Civil Aeronautics Board (Regulation of Airline) CAB to ABC |
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AP-4 |
Agreement providing Airports to Local Muncipilaties |
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1946 Federal Airport Act |
Federal Aid To Airports Program (FAA to FAAP) |
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1958 Federal Aviation Act (FAA) |
Rulemaking transfers to new FAA (CAA to FAA) |
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1966 DOT Act |
Creates NTSB (FAA transfers to DOT) |
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1970 Airport & Airways Development Act |
Creates Part 139 - Aviation and Airway Revenue Act (Trust Fund) |
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Funding Sources for Trust Fund |
Seat Tax Cargo Tax Aviation Fuel |
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1982 Airport and Airways Improvement Act |
Creates National Airspace System Plan & establishes Airport Improvement Program |
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1990 Aviaton Noise & Capacity Act (Part 161) |
Creates Passenger Facility Charges (3$) |
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2000 AIR 21 |
Increases PFC to 4.50 |
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2001 Aviation & Transporation Security Act |
Creates TSA (Removes Security from FAA gives to TSA) |
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2002 Homeland Security Act |
TSA moved from DOT to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Screening) |
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2003 Vision 100 Century of Avation |
Reauthorizes FAA and launches Next Gen |
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**Majority of all Public Use Airports are owned by... |
Municipality (City or County) |
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**Two Key Positions outside vertical reporting |
Legal & Financial Auditor |
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Negligent |
Fails to act as ordinary prudent person would act under the same... |
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**Quiet Enjoyment |
Unrestricted enjoyment of individuals personal and real property |
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Privitazation |
Shift of government functions to Private Sector FBO running Airport Terminals leased to private company to manage |
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**What impact did the Federal Aviation Act have on the industry? |
Safety Rulemaking tranfered from Civil Aeronautics Board to FAA |
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**What is the minimum amount of time that governmenet must issue notice of proposed rulemaking ? (days) |
30 Thirty Days |
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**Which Act established the Airport Development Aid Program and Planning Grant Program |
Airport & Airways Development Act |
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**characteristic of airport by muncipiality? |
Policy makers unfamiliar with airport |
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*** Person is ________ if fails to act as an ordinary prudent person would act under the same circumstances |
Negligent |
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Which regulation addresses Airport Noise Planning |
Title 14 CFR Part 150 |
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Which regulation covers how a scheduled air carrier is required to operate |
Title14 CFR Part 121 |
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Which Regulation covers commercial service airports? |
Title 14 CFR Part 139 |
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Which regulation covers Obstructions? |
Title 14 CFR Part 77 |
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Which regulation covers airport security |
Title 14 CFR Part 1542 |
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Which regulation covers Aircraft Noise |
Title 14 CFR Part 36 |
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Which regulation covers rules of Flight |
Title 14 Part 91 |
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Which regulation covers Aircraft Charter and Air Taxi |
Title 14 CFR Part 135 |
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Who can comment on a NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking? |
Anyone |
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Which Grant Assurance provides airport for public use without unjust discrimination for all aircraft operations? |
Economic nondiscrimination (#22) |
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**What is compatible Land Use Grant Assurance? |
Restrict Land Use adjacent to or in immediate vicinity of airport |
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** Which applies to all airport users passengers, tenants, employees |
Rules and Regs |
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*** Airport Revenues can only be used within the ..... |
Airport System |
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Primary Commercial Airport defined as ________________ enplanements a year |
10,000 |
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_____________-relieves general aviation traffic from commercial service airport |
Commercial reliever airport |
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**** A __________ relieves gerneral aviation traffic from antoher airport |
Reliever Airport |
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General Aviation Classification/Groups National |
Very High Activity |
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General Aviation Classification/Groups Regional |
High Level Activity |
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General Aviation Classification/Groups Local |
Moderate Level Activity |
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Backbone of General Aviation Industry (Most Common GA Airport Classification/Group) |
Local |
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Which FAA office provides oversight compliance with Part 139 and Grant Assurances |
FAA Airport District Office (ADO) |
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** Which type of complaint to FAA is considered "informal" |
Part 13 (Handled in ADO office) |
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Which type of compaint to FAA is considered Formal complaint, which is deadline driven |
Part 16 |
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What entity can make rules regarding aircraft operations after accident. |
FAA |
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What is the FAA term for the document identify legal and financial relationship with airline? |
Aeronautical Use Agreement |
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What gives signatory airlines the ability to influence capital improvment projects by giving them right to approve or disapprove projects. |
Majority in Interest |
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What types of charges are related to operations and uses of the airfield but are incidental to the operations to the aircraft? |
Non Aeronautical Use PFC charges are considered non operating revenue |
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Airports commonly use the __________ method for setting rates with airlines |
Residual (Airlines assume Risk) |
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Compensatory rate setting method for airlines _________ assumes the risk |
Airport Assumes Risk |
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What is used to set aeronautical rates |
Historic, cost valuation, direct negotiation, and fair market value |
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FAA would like airports to use three methods for rate setting.... |
Reasonable, consistent, and transparency |
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What are the four types of leases? |
Straight Lease, graduated lease, re-evaluation lease, and percentage lease. |
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Lease requires a periodic evaluation of the property to set new rates? |
Re-evaluation Lease |
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Which of the following are allowed to be calculated into the airports rate base? |
Environmental costs, insurance costs and cash reserves, contengencies, debt service, noise abatement costs |
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FAA considers a lifetime lease equals |
99 years |
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A benefit of a resturaunt lease in a sterile area vs. pre screening area |
longer dwell time in sterile area for passengers |
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What financial statment provides a fiscal description of airport assets and liabilities at a specific point in time. |
Statement of Net Assets ( Balance Sheet) |
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_______-- is an annual charge that relects the cost of capital improvements and equipment use to conduct business |
Depreciation |
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Which statment reflects cost of doing business |
Statement of Activities (Income Statement) |
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Since airports can operate of proprietary funcition of government, they are often described as an... |
Enterprise fund |
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Which type of Budget lists each department and assigns a sum of money to be spent as needed. |
Line Item |
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What type of report is used to track the status of the budget thoughout the year? |
Variance Report |
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Which process promotes the substitution of materials and methods with less expensive alternative. |
Value Engineering VE |
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Federal Grants exceeding ________ must be advertised. |
100,000 |
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According to the module what is considered the most effetive way to conduct a market analysis |
Hire a knowledgable consultant |
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What types of bonds require voter approval and are closely associated with being issued with states or muncipitalities |
General Obligation |
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What is the first step of assessing the quality of a bond. |
The Airport Conducts informal discussion with rating services. |
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Which items are typically not eligible for AIP funding? |
Revenue generated from parking garage |
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Which catagory has the highest priority for AIP Funding |
Safety and Security |
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What types of federal funds are given to an airoprt through a set formula based on operations or enplanements ? |
Entitlements |
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AIP funds eligible projects exceeding $_____________ |
25,000 |
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Benefits of Authority |
Insulate elected official (removed from voter) More interest and knowledge base of Airport Operates more like business |
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ICAO recommends that secuirty director report directly to the ..... |
Airport Exexutive |
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Closed fiscal system |
Revenue remains within aiprort |
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Federal Tort Claims Act |
Violation of Property Law |
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Tucker Act |
Contract Law (Employee causes damage) |
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Infraction |
State laws (ie Rules & Regs) (not Criminal) |
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Misdemeanor |
Real Crime (1) year jail and/or civil penalties |
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Felony |
more 1 year prison = Serious Crime (ie.Envoronmental) |
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Civil |
Crime against person or business (Tort or contract law) |
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Crminal Law |
Crime against society (Murder, rape treason) |
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Grant Assurance obligation timeframe |
20 years to life (resets every grant signed) |
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Amount of exsisting NPIAS airport facilities eligible for federal funding... |
3,331 |
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# Enplanement that qualify for commercial service |
2,500 |
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# Primary Commercial service airport to qualify for federal funding |
10,000 |
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Examples of NOT approved revenue use (Revenue diversion) |
General economic development marketing and promotional activities not related to the airport Payments to teh municipality in lieu of taxes Direct or indirect payments of revenue without a benefit (paying for services not receiving directly) |
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FAA Orders |
Tells FAA how to manage a process |
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Advisory Circulars |
Tells airport what best practice.... could be required (incorporated by reference ie. by attaching to ACM) |
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Revenue Bonds are backed by |
Airport/Entity Revenues |
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Special Facility Bonds are backed by |
The revenue of the facility to be constructed (parking garage) |
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Hybrid Bonds are backed by |
Passenger Facility or Customer Facility Charges PFC-CFC |
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Industrial Development Bonds (IBD) are backed by |
Government Finances- Leases to Private Companies |
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In order for a project to be AIP eligible, generally the project must be... |
Aligned with the plans of planning agencies Money must be available Project to be completed without delay Airport in the NPIAS ALP Current More than 25,000 |
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FAA State Appointment |
Depending on AIP Funding available, some state's are allocated additional money for approved projects. |
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Air Commerce Act |
Pilots and aircraft licensing, NAVAIDS, air traffic rules |
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Civil Aeronautics Act |
Creates Civil Aeronautics Authority creates Air safety Board and creates administrator |
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Reorganization Act |
Creates the Civil Aeronautics Board - econmic regulation of the airlines |
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Federal Airport Act |
Establishes Federal Aid to Airports Program (FAAP) established |
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Federal Avaition Act |
passed due to midair collsions and jet age - Rulemaking transfers to new FAA |
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DOT Act |
Creates NTSB- FAA transfers to DOT |
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Airport & Airways Development Act |
Creates Airport Dev Aid Program and planning gran program Establishes Part 139 Aviation and Airway Revunue act establishes trust fund |
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Airline Deregulation Act |
Phases out Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) |
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Aviation Noise and Safety Capacity Act |
Part 150 Noise Regulations |
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Airport & Airways Imporvement Act |
Establishes National Airspace System Plan Establishes Airport Improvement Plan |
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Avitaion Noise and Capacity Act |
Part 161 noise, creates passenger facility charges (3) per enplaned passenger |
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AIR - 21 |
Increases pfc to 4.50 |
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Aviation Transportation Security Act |
Creates TSA, Transfers security from FAA to TSA, and government takes over screening |
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Homeland Security Act |
TSA moved from DOT to DHS and combines 22 agencies |
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Vision nn100 Century of Aviation |
Reauthorizes FAA launches Next Gen |
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FAA Modernization and Reform Act |
Clarifies "allowable costs" Next Gen Perodic reauthorizations |
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____% of employees at a commercial service airport workfor a private company |
90 |
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Key legal considerations regarding airport managment |
property law eminent domain, environmental law, noise abatement, personal injury |
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Grant Assurances are |
Obligations that airports must agree to when accepting federal funds |
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Grant Assurance preserving rights and powers |
prohibits airport operators from taking action that would deprive it of properly managing the airport. |
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Grant assurance Operations & Maintenance |
Requires that the airport be operated ina safe and servicable condition at all time with minimum standards |
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Minimum Standards protect the airport operator and tenants by |
Airport: safe operating environment; adequte insurance; quality service Tenant: protects from devaluation level playing field |
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Grant Assurance: Hazard Removal and Mitigation |
Airport is required to take action to protect the airspace around the airport |
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Grant assurance: compatible land use |
Airport to attempt to restrict land use adjacetnt to or in immediate vicinity of airport |
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Grant Assurance Ecomomic Nondiscrimination |
Airport must be available for public use, on reasonable terms, and without unjust discriminatioon for all types of aeronautical activities |
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Grant Assurance Exclusive Rights |
Cannot give any tenant the exclusive rith to conduct aeronautical activity |
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Grant Assurance Fee & Rental Structure |
Requires airport to set rates and fees to make the airport as self-sustaining as possible |
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Grant Assurances Airport Revenues |
Airport Revenues must be used at the airport wor within the airport stystem, this includes... Land sale, leases and equipement Taxes on aviation fuel operating fees, landing fees, access fees Airport parking refenue, concessions |
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FAA does NOT APPROVE of following revenue use: |
General ecomomic development Marketing and promotional activities not realated to airport Payments to the municipality in lieu of taxes Direct or indirect payments of revenue without a befefit |
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Grant Assurance Disposal of Land |
Airport must dispost of land purchased for noise, airpor development or other when it is no longer needed at a Fair Market Value |
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FAA Order |
FAA orders are directives on specific subjects and programs issues by the FAA which cover: Airport Compliance Airport Improvement program Airport Safety Design Engineering and Construction Passenger Facility Charges Planning and Capacity Air Traffic Control |
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FAA Advisory Circulars |
Explain the intent of a federal aviaion regulation and provide guidence to aviation public in designated subject area, and show method for comploying with a related regulation |