Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 70 - TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT › Part IX - Intermodal Transportation › Subpart A - Intermodal › Chapter 1 - Aeronautics in Louisiana › Section IX-101 - General

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Pursuant to Title 2 of the Revised
				  Statutes, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development regulates
				  aeronautics in Louisiana.
1.R.S.
				  2:6 provides, in part, that the department
				  may prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as it deems necessary and
				  advisable for the public safety and for the promotion of aeronautics governing
				  the designing, laying out, location, building, equipping, operation, and use of
				  all airports, landing fields, or landing strips, and for the safety of those
				  engaged in aeronautics. It is for that purpose this rule is
				  promulgated.
2. Definitions. As
				  used in this chapter or subsequent chapters pertaining to the DOTD Aviation
				  Program, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following
				  definitions shall apply.
AIP
-Airport Improvement Program: provides
					 Federal Aviation Administration grants to public agencies for the planning and
					 development of public-use airports for safety and efficiency.
Air Carrier Airport-
airports that are
					 required by the Federal Aviation Administration to meet all standards as set
					 forth in Part 139 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and have scheduled
					 air passenger service.
Airport Sponsor
-any state agency, city,
					 town, parish, airport authority, airport commission, airport district, or other
					 political subdivision, which owns, operates, leases, or controls any public-use
					 airport or landing area.
Basic (Airport) Maintenance
-the
					 responsibility of each airport sponsor to maintain the airport in an efficient
					 and safe manner. Maintenance includes any regular or recurring work necessary
					 to preserve existing airport facilities in good operating condition. Basic
					 maintenance items for runway, taxiway, apron, lighting, and navigational aid
					 include: routine cleaning, filling, and/or sealing of longitudinal and traverse
					 cracks; grading pavement edges; maintaining drainage systems; patching
					 pavement; remarking pavement areas; replacing airfield lights or fixtures;
					 replacing sensors or equipment; sweeping airfield pavement; operability of
					 backup emergency generators for airfield equipment; and re-topping/removing
					 trees for approach protection (if this work was previously completed in an AIP
					 or DOTD funded project).
DOTD
-Aviation Division of the Louisiana
					 Department of Transportation and Development.
FAA
-Federal Aviation
					 Administration.
FAR
-Federal Aviation Regulations: rules
					 prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration, governing all aviation
					 activities in the United States.
LAS
-Louisiana Airport System.
LASP
-Louisiana Aviation System
					 Plan.
NPAIS
-National Plan of Integrated Airport
					 Systems.
Public
and/or
Public-Use
					 Airport
-an airport that is publicly owned, which is open for use by
					 the public.
Rural Airport
-any airport categorized as a
					 Non-NPIAS in the LASP or a NPIAS airport that is unclassified.