Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 CMR 21.00 - Boston-logan International Airport, Laurence G. Hanscom Field, And Worcester Regional Airport - General Provisions › Section 21.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
In
				740 CMR 21.00 through
				26.99, the following
				terms shall have the meanings hereinafter provided and shall apply to Boston
				Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester Regional Airport
				unless otherwise specified, except
				740 CMR
				21.61(3)  shall not apply to
				Worcester Regional Airport.
Aerodrome
- is defined as that part of
				the Airport that is not open for public vehicular traffic or for other general
				public use, except for enplaning or deplaning aircraft, said Aerodrome
				including but in no way being limited to runways, taxiways, landing areas, ramp
				and apron areas, and aircraft parking and storage areas.
Air Carrier
shall mean any Person
				conducting operations at the Airport pursuant to a federal certificate to
				conduct air transportation services.
Air Operations Area (AOA)
- shall mean
				any area of the Airport used or intended to be used for landing, takeoff, or
				surface maneuvering of aircraft.
Aircraft
- shall mean and include any
				and all contrivances now or hereafter used for the flight in air or space,
				including but not limited to airplanes, airships, dirigibles, helicopters,
				gliders, amphibians and seaplanes.
Aircraft Parking and Storage Area
-
				shall mean and include those portions of the Airport designated and made
				available temporarily or permanently by the Authority to the public for the
				parking or storage of aircraft.
Airport
- shall mean the land and
				developments owned, controlled, operated and maintained by the Authority at
				Boston Logan International Airport in East Boston, L.G. Hanscom Field in
				Bedford, and Worcester Regional Airport in Worcester unless otherwise
				specified, consisting of runways, taxiways, hangars, control towers, ramps,
				aprons, wharves, bulkheads, buildings, structures, roads, streets, parking and
				storage areas, improvements, utilities, facilities, or other real property,
				necessary or convenient, or desirable, for the landing, takeoff, accommodation
				and servicing of vehicles or aircraft of all types.
Airport Highway
- shall mean and
				include the vehicular ways on the Airport designated by the Authority and made
				available to the public for use as a way subject to
				740 CMR 21.00 established by
				the Authority for the use of the same.
ATC
- shall mean a service operated by
				the Federal Aviation Administration, entitled Air Traffic Control, to promote
				the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic.
Authority
- shall mean the
				Massachusetts Port Authority as created by St. 1956, c. 465, and amendments
				thereto.
Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)
- shall
				mean a generating device installed in an aircraft which provides electrical
				power for that aircraft while on the ground.
Aviation Service Operator
- shall mean
				and include any person authorized by the Executive Director to perform services
				to or for aircraft pursuant to
				740 CMR 26.01
				through
				26.99.
Emergency Crew Headquarters
- shall
				mean and include the facility which houses the fire fighting and rescue
				organization maintained by the Authority at Logan International Airport,
				Hanscom Field, or Worcester Regional Airport.
Executive Director
- the
				duly-appointed Executive Director of Massachusetts Port Authority. In all
				matters pertaining to operation of Logan Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester
				Regional Airport the powers of the Executive Director under
				740 CMR 21.00 may be
				exercised by the Director of Aviation, and specific powers may be further
				delegated in writing to other members of the Authority's management.
Fire Controlman
- shall mean and
				include the chief of the fire fighting and rescue organization maintained by
				the Authority at Emergency Crew Headquarters or his or her authorized
				representative.
Fixed Based Operator
- a company
				authorized by the Authority to sell and deliver and to provide into-aircraft
				services, aviation fuel and lubricants and supplies to all owners and operators
				of aircraft at Hanscom Field.
Fuel Servicing Vehicle
- shall mean
				and include any vehicle designated and operated for the purpose of fuel
				transfer handling in connection with the fueling or defueling of
				aircraft.
Fuel Transfer Handling
- shall mean
				and include the process of transferring petroleum fuels on the Airport between
				a bulk storage facility and a fuel servicing vehicle or hydrant, or between a
				fuel servicing vehicle or hydrant and an aircraft.
General Aviation Terminal
- shall mean
				the terminal building facility located in the South Hangar Area at Logan which
				serves general aviation users of the Airport and including its associated
				parking ramps for general aviation aircraft, one located on the easterly side
				of the General Aviation Terminal and one located on its westerly side.
Ground Power Unit (GPU)
- shall mean a
				mobile generating device to provide electrical power for an aircraft while on
				the ground.
Holder
shall mean a Person to whom an
				Identification Medium/Media has been issued.
Identification Medium/Media
shall mean
				an Authority-issued or approved authorization to enter into a SIDA.
In-flight Emergency
- shall mean a
				problem or condition arising while an aircraft is in the air, which in the
				judgment of the pilot could endanger the safe completion of the flight, and is
				so declared by the pilot to ATC.
Jet Aircraft
- shall mean and include
				any and all aircraft which are not propeller-driven, and which accomplish
				motion entirely by a direct reaction of the thrust of any engine, including but
				not limited to engines which operate on turbine, ram, rocket or other
				principles.
Landing Area
- shall mean and include
				those portions of the Airport, including runways and taxiways, designated and
				made available temporarily or permanently by the Authority to the general
				public for the landing and taking off of aircraft as well as other areas
				between and adjacent to said runways and taxiways.
Motor Vehicle
- shall mean and include
				any vehicle which is self-propelled. See definition of "Vehicle".
Non-tenant Aircraft
- shall mean and
				include any aircraft using the Airport, the operator of which has not entered
				into a lease agreement with the Authority or an Authority approved sublease for
				operating areas at the Airport.
North Hangar Area
- shall mean that
				area of Logan Airport northerly of the main access roadways and westerly of the
				airline passenger terminal facilities.
NOTAM
- shall mean a "Notice to
				Airmen" containing information about the establishment, condition or change in
				any component of or hazard to the National Airspace System, the timely
				knowledge of which is essential to users of the system and to personnel
				concerned with flight operations.
Operator
- shall mean and include the
				owner or other person, firm or corporation controlling the operations of one or
				more aircraft or one or more vehicles; or any person who has rented such
				aircraft or vehicle for the purpose of operation by his own agents.
Permission
- shall mean permission
				granted by the Executive Director, unless otherwise specifically
				provided.
Person
- shall mean and include any
				individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, association or company
				(including any assignee, receiver, trustee or similar representative thereof)
				or the United States of America or any foreign government or any state,
				political division thereof, or the United Nations.
Piggybacking
shall mean more than one
				person passing through a secured area/SIDA automated controlled access portal
				during a single entry of that portal without each person using his/her
				individual access medium for verification of access authorization.
Police
- shall mean and include the
				members of the Massachusetts State Police assigned to duty at Logan
				International Airport, pursuant to the provisions of St. 1959, c. 274, or such
				other members of the Massachusetts State Police as may be assigned to duty at
				Logan International Airport, Laurence G. Hanscom Field, or Worcester Regional
				Airport, or Massport employees designated and warranted as special
				police.
Ramp and Apron Area
- shall mean and
				include those portions of the Airport designated and made available temporarily
				or permanently by the Authority to the public for loading or unloading of both
				passengers and cargo onto and from aircraft.
Run-up
- shall mean any operation of a
				stationary aircraft engine above idle power except to overcome inertia for
				taxiing.
Security Identification Display Area
("SIDA") shall mean a Restricted Area, as defined in
				740 CMR 21.03,
				and the AOA, for access to which the Authority requires Identification
				Media.
South Hangar Area
- shall mean that
				area of Logan Airport southerly of the main access roadways and westerly of the
				airline passenger terminal facilities.
Sterile Area
- shall have the meaning
				as defined in 14 CFR 108.3.
Touch and Go Landing
- shall mean a
				landing in which power is applied during the landing roll and a subsequent
				takeoff results.
Tower
- shall mean a facility operated
				by the FAA which, through the use of air/ground communications provides ATC
				services to aircraft operating on or in the vicinity of the Airport. "Boston
				Tower" refers to the Tower facility at Logan Airport.
Turbo-Prop Aircraft
- shall mean and
				include any and all aircraft which accomplish motion by means of a jet engine
				having a turbine driven propeller whose thrust may or may not be supplemented
				by that of hot exhaust gases issuing a jet from the engine itself.
Vehicular Parking and Storage Area
-
				shall mean and include those portions of the Airport designated and made
				available temporarily or permanently by the Authority as vehicular parking and
				storage areas to which the public has the right of access, within the meaning
				of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts applicable to regulations of
				motor vehicles.
Vehicle
- shall mean and include
				automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, horsedrawn vehicles, bicycles,
				pushcarts, limousines, taxicabs, vehicles of carriers for hire, charter motor
				vehicles, and any other device in or upon or by which any person or property is
				or may be transported, carried or drawn upon land except railroad rolling
				equipment or other devices running only on stationary rails or tracks and
				except aircraft.