Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 03 - MARYLAND AVIATION ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.03.04 - Aeronautical Regulations › Section 11.03.04.04 - Aircraft Operation

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A.
				Licensed Airports. Except in emergency situations, a person may not conduct any
				aircraft operations at a licensed airport other than those in conformity with
				the airport traffic pattern, ground traffic rules, and noise abatement
				procedures developed by the airport manager.
B. Public Property.
(1) Public Property: Commercial Operation.
				Aircraft may not be operated commercially from any public land or water owned
				or controlled by the State unless the landing area has been approved by the
				Administration.
(2) Public Land:
				Noncommercial Operation.
(a) State Land.
				Aircraft may not operate from any State land unless prior approval is obtained
				from the Administration.
(b) Other
				Public Land. Aircraft may not be operated from any public land, not owned or
				controlled by the State, unless prior approval is obtained from the political
				subdivision owning or controlling the land.
(3) Public Waters: Noncommercial Operation.
(a) Except as specifically restricted in this
				regulation, public waters controlled by the State are available for
				noncommercial seaplane use.
(b)
				Seaplanes may not take-off and land on the designated portions of the following
				bodies of water:
(i) Chester River ------ Rock
				Hall Harbor Queenstown Creek Winchester Creek.
(ii) Deal (Herring Bay)- Rockhold Creek from
				the entrance Buoy Fl. R "2" to the headwaters.
(iii) Choptank River --- Knapp Narrows Buoy
				Fl. R "4" to Fl. R "6".
(iv) Tred
				Avon River --- Oxford Harbor.
(v)
				Wicomico River ----- From lighted beacon "57" at Harbor Point to head of the
				Wicomico River and tributaries thereof.
(vi) Crisfield Harbor -- From the entrance to
				the headwaters of Somers Cove.
(vii) Patuxent River --- Solomons Island
				Harbor from the entrance Buoy N "4" and all tributaries thereof.
(viii) Potomac River --- St. Patricks Creek
				(1.3 miles north of northern tip of St. Clements Island) from day-markers "3"
				and "4" to the headwaters, including tributaries thereof. St. Catherines
				Sound--White Neck Creek from White Neck Pt. to headwaters and all tributaries
				thereof. Cobb Island-Neale Sound, beginning at the eastern entrance Buoy Fl. R
				4 sec "2" extending through the entire sound and its tributaries to Fl. 4 sec
				"72" on the western end.
(c) Unless prior written permission is
				obtained from the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Power and
				Electric Co., seaplane operations may not be conducted on Deep Creek Lake in
				Garrett County.
(d) Seaplanes may
				not operate from bodies of water controlled by political subdivisions without
				the prior approval of the appropriate political subdivision.
(e) The following bodies of water are
				controlled by political subdivisions:
(i) Loch
				Raven Reservoir;
(ii) Pretty Boy
				Reservoir;
(iii) Liberty
				Reservoir;
(iv) Triadelphia
				Reservoir;
(v) Rocky Gorge
				Reservoir;
(vi) Rocky Gap Reservoir
				Cumberland;
(vii) Savage River
				Reservoir Bloomington;
(viii)
				Youghiogheny Lake-Selbyport/Friendsville Maryland/Pennsylvania.