New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 54 - LICENSING OF AERONAUTICAL FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 16:54-2.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Accident" means an occurrence associated with the operation
				  of an aircraft that takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft
				  with the intention of flight and when all persons have disembarked, and in
				  which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft
				  receives substantial damage.
"Aeronautical activity" means any of the following aviation
				  related commercial activities generally provided to the public or any segment
				  thereof, at an aeronautical facility either by the licensee or his or her
				  tenants or invitees, with or without compensation:
1. Aircraft: sales, charter, rental, lease,
				storage, operation, hangaring, tiedown, and parking; and parachuting
				operations, MEDEVAC operations, and sightseeing;
2. Instruction: aircraft flight and ground
				instruction of all types, license examinations and proficiency checks, crew
				member training, parachute jumping training,
3. Maintenance: all types of maintenance,
				repair, inspection, testing, modification, overhaul, corrosion control or
				painting of aircraft, engines, systems, avionics, parachutes, or ancillary air
				or ground support equipment; and
4.
				Servicing: aircraft fueling using fixed, hydrant, mobile, or portable
				equipment; aircraft engine or systems servicing, including hydraulics,
				pneumatics, oxygen, lavatory, aircraft catering, electronics, aircraft
				cleaning, and passenger and crew and associated services.
"Aeronautical facility" means any airport, seaplane base,
				  heliport, helistop, parachute drop zone, ultralight recreational facility,
				  airship base, balloonspot, or vertiport.
1. The facility includes all property,
				paving, appliances, structures, seaplane docks, runways, taxiways, seaways,
				sealanes, aprons, hangars, or safety equipment dedicated to or associated with
				the aeronautical activities conducted on the premises and property and all land
				depicted on the Airport Layout Plan (ALP) including all safety zones required
				for visual or instrument approach procedures as required under FAA, Part 77,
				Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace.
"Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter
				  invented, used, or designed for air navigation or flight in the air. It
				  includes, but is not limited to: airplanes, airships, blimps, dirigibles,
				  gyroplanes, gliders, helicopters, hot air or gas balloons, seaplanes,
				  tiltrotors, ultralights, and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones.
"Air navigation" means the operating, steering, directing, or
				  managing of aircraft in or through the air, and on the ground or water.
"Airpark" means any area of land, adjacent to an airport,
				  which is authorized by the Department to be utilized as a combined single
				  family residence and aircraft storage facility, and where aircraft stored at
				  adjacent aircraft storage facilities have taxiway access to and from the
				  airport.
"Airplane" means an engine-driven, fixed-wing aircraft that
				  is heavier than air and supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of air
				  against its wings.
"Airport" means a designated area of land, water, or both,
				  which is licensed for the landing and takeoff of airplanes and other aircraft,
				  and which may provide facilities for shelter, security, and service of
				  aircraft.
"Airport layout plan" or "ALP" means a graphic presentation
				  to scale of existing and proposed facilities at an aeronautical facility. It
				  includes their location on the site and the pertinent clearance and dimensional
				  information required to show conformity with applicable standards.
"Airport reference point" or "ARP" means the centroid of the
				  runways plotted using formulas found in FAA A/C 150-5300-13. The ARP is
				  identified in latitude and longitude to the hundredth of a second.
"Airport safety zone" means an area delineated on an airport
				  open to the public that is geometrically constructed for each runway in
				  accordance with
N.J.A.C. 16:62
, Air Safety and Zoning.
"Airship" means an engine-driven, lighter than air, aircraft
				  that can be steered.
"Airship base" means any area of land or water of defined
				  dimensions licensed for the takeoff and landing of airships.
"Alteration" means any construction, demolition, or
				  modification to the surface, design, or operational areas of an aeronautical
				  facility which affects, increases, or diminishes its operational
				  capabilities.
"Approach/departure path" means a prescribed area extending
				  outward and upward at a prescribed ratio from a landing or takeoff area, along
				  the intended route of flight conducted into or out of an approved aeronautical
				  facility.
"Appropriate governing body" means the office of the mayor or
				  other chief executive official of the municipality in which the proposed
				  aeronautical facility is located.
"Balloon" means a lighter than air aircraft whose lift is
				  derived from the buoyancy of hot air or certain gases and which is not engine
				  driven.
"Balloonspot" or "balloonport" means any areas of land or
				  water of defined dimensions licensed for the takeoff of manned, free-flight
				  balloons.
"Building restriction line" means a line that is a specified
				  distance from the centerline of a runway.
"Bureau" means the Bureau of Aeronautics in the New Jersey
				  Department of Transportation.
"Certified plan drawing" means a drawing certified as
				  accurate by a licensed land surveyor, licensed professional planner, or
				  licensed professional engineer, and bearing the raised seal of the person
				  certifying the drawing. The drawing may include final plans, specifications,
				  surveys, structural analyses, or other documentation required for the issuance
				  of a construction permit for new structures and additions or renovations of
				  existing structures.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey
				  Department of Transportation or such person as the Commissioner may designate,
				  when legally permissible.
"Crewmember" means an individual who assists in the preflight
				  inflation, launch, chase, landing (arrival) and recovery of a balloon; or any
				  person authorized and assigned to perform duties in any aircraft during
				  flight.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of
				  Transportation.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Multimodal
				  Services.
"Division" means the Division of Multimodal Services in the
				  New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Effective runway length" means that distance on a runway,
				  beginning at a point on the runway surface where the obstruction-free,
				  applicable approach slope intersects the runway, and measured along the runway
				  centerline to the end of the runway in the landing direction.
"Exemption" means relief from a specific provision of this
				  rule permanently or for a specified extended period of time.
"FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration.
"Final approach and takeoff area" or "FATO" means a defined
				  area over which the pilot completes the final phase of the approach to a hover
				  or a landing and from which the pilot initiates takeoff.
"Free-flight" means the act of flying a manned balloon which
				  is not tethered to the ground.
"Helicopter" means a rotary wing aircraft that depends
				  principally upon the lift generated by engine-driven rotors rotating on a
				  substantially vertical axis for its primary means of propulsion.
"Heliport" means a dedicated area of defined dimensions,
				  either at ground level or elevated on a structure, designated for the landing
				  or takeoff of helicopters and used solely for that purpose.
"Helistop" means an area of defined dimensions, either at
				  ground level or elevated on a structure designated for the landing or take off
				  of helicopters, but not limited in use to that sole purpose. Helistops
				  generally provide minimal or no support facilities and may be located in
				  multiple use areas such as parking lots, dock areas, parks, athletic fields or
				  other suitable open areas.
"Incident" means an occurrence other than an accident,
				  associated with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the
				  safety of operation of an aircraft, or which affects or could affect the
				  operational capability of an aeronautical facility, or in which any person
				  suffered an injury which was not a serious injury and which did not result in
				  death.
"Licensee" means any person(s) whose name appears on the
				  license of, and who is responsible for, or who controls operations at, an
				  aeronautical facility.
"Manager" means the Manager of the Bureau of
				  Aeronautics.
"MEDEVAC" means helicopter air ambulance operations certified
				  by the New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services,
				  in accordance with 14 CFR Part 135 , Subpart L and FAA Advisory Circular
				  135-14B, as amended and supplemented, which are dispatched through an air
				  medical helicopter dispatch center.
"MSL" means mean sea level.
"Moored or tethered flight" means the act of operating a
				  balloon secured to the ground by sufficient and suitable means to permit
				  vertical movements where no intention of launch into free-flight exists.
"Notice to Air Mission" or "NOTAM" means a notice or advisory
				  concerning the establishment, condition, or change in any aeronautical
				  facility, service, procedure, or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is
				  essential to personnel concerned with flight operations.
"NTSB" means the National Transportation Safety Board.
"Obstruction to air navigation" means an object of greater
				  height than any of the heights or surfaces in accordance with 14 CFR Part 77 ,
				  Subpart C and
N.J.A.C. 16:62
, Air Safety and Zoning.
"Parachute drop zone" means an area of defined dimensions, on
				  the earth's surface, designated for the landing of parachutists.
"Parachuting exhibition" means the operation by specially
				  qualified individual(s) engaged in parachuting to a specifically authorized
				  drop zone, for exhibition purposes.
"Public use aeronautical facility" means any area of land,
				  water, or both which is licensed for the landing or takeoff of aircraft and
				  open to the public for aeronautical operations. Public use aeronautical
				  facilities may be utilized, advertised, and represented as such.
"Reference point" means a point on the earth's surface,
				  identified in terms of latitude and longitude to the nearest second, from which
				  all linear measurements originate when applying the criteria of this chapter to
				  helicopter facilities. The facility reference point will always be the exact
				  center of the helicopter touchdown area.
"Restricted use aeronautical facility" means any area of
				  land, water or both, which is licensed for the landing or takeoff of aircraft
				  under the conditions or restrictions imposed by the Bureau of Aeronautics, the
				  licensee, or both.
"Runway" means a defined rectangular area of airport land
				  prepared for the landing or takeoff of aircraft along its length.
"Runway safety area" means a defined surface surrounding the
				  runway prepared or suitable for reducing the risk of damage to aircraft in the
				  event of an undershoot, overshoot, or excursion from the runway.
"Safety area" means a defined area on a heliport surrounding
				  the FATO intended to reduce the risk of damage to helicopters accidentally
				  diverging from the FATO.
"Seaplane base" means any landing area of water (with or
				  without land support facilities) that is licensed for the landing or takeoff of
				  aircraft that are able to utilize a water surface.
"Shelter" means an enclosed structure to provide for the
				  comfort of persons against rain, wind, sun and adverse water.
"Special use aeronautical facility" means any area of land,
				  water, or both which is licensed for the landing and takeoff of specifically
				  designated aircraft piloted by specifically identified individuals, as
				  authorized by the Bureau, in writing on the license, or on an attachment to
				  that license.
"Taxiing" means a powered movement of an aircraft on the
				  ground or water from one area to another. This definition includes hover-taxi
				  as well as ground taxi for helicopters depending on the type of landing gear
				  and the surface area being used.
"Taxiway" means a defined pathway established for movement of
				  an aircraft on an aeronautical facility.
"Touchdown and liftoff area" or "TLOF" means a load-bearing,
				  generally paved area, normally centered in the FATO, on which the helicopter
				  lands or takes off.
"Ultralight aircraft" means an aircraft which conforms to the
				  Federal Aviation Administration specifications for an ultralight aircraft as
				  established by Federal regulation under
14
				  CFR 103.1
.
"Ultralight recreational facility" means a designated area of
				  land, water, or both, which is licensed for the landing and takeoff of
				  ultralight aircraft only, and which may provide facilities for shelter,
				  security, and service of ultralight aircraft.
"Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)" or "drones" means an
				  aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from
				  within or without the aircraft that is controlled by an operator on the
				  ground.
"Vertical flight aircraft" means any powered aircraft which
				  is capable of vertical or near vertical takeoff and landing operations
				  including but not limited to rotor wing aircraft, tiltrotor aircraft, tilt wing
				  aircraft, and fan in wing aircraft.
"Vertiport" means an area of land, or a structure, used or
				  intended to be used, for electric, hydrogen, and hybrid VTOL aircraft landings
				  and takeoffs and includes associated buildings and facilities.
"VFR" means visual flight rules.
"VTOL" means vertical take-off and landing.
"USPA" means United States Parachute Association.
				  Information, manuals, and circulars can be found at www.uspa.org.
"Waiver" means relief from application requirements of this
				  rule or temporary relief from other provisions of this rule for a specified
				  limited time period.