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1. Aerodrome Certification Workshop The Federal Aviation Administration
Ben Castellano, Manager, Airport Safety
and Operations Division
3. Overview (cont’d) Total Civil Landing Areas 19,796
Private-use 14,555 (4983 heliports)
Open-to-Public 5,241 (77 heliports)
Airports - scheduled service 789
international 87
4. Overview (cont’d) The System Serves:
217,533 General Aviation Aircraft
4,801 Commercial Jets
2,427 Commuter aircraft
649,957 Licensed Airmen
710 million enplaned passengers
91% domestic 9% international
5. Overview (cont’d)
6. Federal Framework Dept. of Transportation reports to President of United States
Federal Aviation Administration under the Dept. of Transportation
Primary concerns are:
Aviation safety
Air traffic control
7. Federal Framework Associate Administrator for Airports reports to the FAA Administrator
Airport Certification
Airport Capacity
Administration of Grant Programs
Airport Standards and Design
8. Airport Certification
9. Airport Certification Airports served by passenger aircraft with more than 30 seats require a special AIRPORT OPERATING CERTIFICATE
Federal Aviation Regs Part 139
570 civil airports & 100 military airfields
10. Airport Certification Airports must develop an AIRPORT CERTIFICATION MANUAL explaining how they will comply with Part 139
The MANUAL must be approved by the FAA
Periodic Inspections by FAA
11. Airport Certification FACILITIES AND PROCEDURES INSPECTED
Pavement Conditions
Safety Areas
Lighting, Marking, Signs
Fueling Facilities
Traffic & Wind Indicators
Ground Vehicles/Driver Training
12. Airport Certification Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting
Bird & Wildlife Hazards
Self-inspection Procedures
Airport Condition Assessment/Reporting
Control of Hazards from Construction
Emergency Plan
Snow Removal Plan
13. Self-inspection Procedures Section 139.327 requires the certificate holder to inspect the airport
At least once Daily
During construction activities
After severe storms
After an accident
Part 8, Airport Operational Services, ICAO Airport Services Manual recommends 4 inspections daily for runways.
14. Self-inspection Procedures Airport Operations personnel:
on the airfield every day
Need to know the requirements
Usually first to notice a problem
Airport Inspectors:
On the airport only 1 time during the year
Should not find problems if the airport ops people do their job.
15. The Airport Certification Safety Inspector Approximately 35 inspectors located throughout USA in regional offices
Rotate the airports assigned every 3 years
All inspectors receive basic training and annual recurrent training
16. The Airport Certification Safety Inspector Basic Training – 3 weeks
Part 139 Regulation
Signing, Marking, Lighting
Fueling inspections
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting
Pavement Maintenance
Obstruction Evaluation
Accident Investigation
17. The Airport Certification Safety Inspector Additional Training
40 hours aircraft rescue and fire fighting training including hot fire drill
Enforcement actions
On the Job training
Approximately 1 year to get ACSI credential
18. The Inspection Types of inspections
Initial
Annual
Surveillance
19. The Annual Inspection Airports with scheduled air carrier service – annually
Airports with only unscheduled air carrier service – 18 months
Airports certificated but no air carrier service – 24 months
20. The Annual Inspection Inspector reviews
Airport certification manual
Emergency plan
Training records
Physically inspects runways and taxiways
Does night time inspection
Test ARFF response
21. The Surveillance Inspection Unannounced inspection
Usually involves specific purpose, for example to test aircraft rescue and fire fighting response
22. Enforcement Actions Administrative penalty
Letter of Correction
Letter of Warning
Civil penalty
Fine of $1,000 USD per day
Suspension
Revocation
23. Airport Certification