Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 800 - Airport Corporation › Chapter 10 - OPERATIONS › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Aeronautics Regulations › Section 800-RICR-10-00-1.6 - Landing Areas (including Landing Fields, Airports, Helistops, and Heliports)

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Applications. No
				 one may establish, alter, activate or deactivate an Airport or Landing Field,
				 including any Private Restricted Landing Areas (PRLAs) and public Landing
				 Areas, without first obtaining a certificate of approval in the form of written
				 authorization from the Director or his/her designee.
B. Application Requirements, Criteria, and
				 Maintenance
1. The applicant shall set forth
				 the general purpose or purposes for which the Landing Areas to be established
				 and ensure that the site, and its use, conforms to all applicable safety
				 standards.
2. All applications for
				 Landing Areas must be submitted at least thirty (30) days prior to the date the
				 applicant intends to use the site as a Landing Area.
3. Applicants proposing a Landing Area, or
				 alterations to a Landing Area, that is not located on property owned or
				 controlled by the applicant, or is partially located on property owned or
				 controlled by others, must obtain authorization from the owner and/or Person in
				 control of the property to use the property as a Landing Area. The signature of
				 the Owner and/or Person in control of the property must be notarized. Such
				 written, notarized authorizations must expressly authorize the applicant to
				 apply for the activities set forth in the application.
4. Information required in the application
				 includes the address, a description of the landing site, the general purpose or
				 purposes for which the Landing Area is to be established, the dates and times
				 of the proposed use, a scaled site plan depicting Movement Areas inclusive of
				 horizontal and vertical safety areas and protection zones, and a written plan
				 addressing safety and security.
a. The safety
				 plan for PRLAs shall include, but not be limited to, notification to the police
				 and fire department of the town or city where the Landing Area is
				 located.
5. The
				 application fee is one hundred dollars ($100.)
6. Landing Areas shall be inspected by the
				 Aeronautics Inspector prior to the issuance of a certificate of approval. The
				 Aeronautics Inspector shall make recommendations, including conditions upon
				 which an approval may be based, to the Director. The inspection shall include
				 but not be limited to: wind indicators, management requirements, surface
				 condition reporting, plans for safety and security, emergency equipment,
				 established approaches, and ground-to-air communications, and other
				 requirements deemed by RIAC to be applicable to the particular landing
				 site.
7. The applicant shall send
				 written notification to the respective fire, rescue, and police departments in
				 the city or town where the proposed Landing Area is located. Such notification
				 shall state that a Landing Area Application has been filed with the Rhode
				 Island Airport Corporation, and that the applicant will notify the fire and
				 police departments of application approval. The applicant shall submit a copy
				 of this notification with the Landing Area Application.
8. Landing Areas open for public use, require
				 a 5010, Airport Master Records and Reports, inspection by the Aeronautics
				 Inspector. Public Use Landing Areas shall be subject to an annual inspection by
				 the Aeronautics Inspector with reasonable notice.
9. PRLAs shall be subject to an inspection at
				 least once every five (5) years by the Aeronautics Inspector with reasonable
				 notice.
10. Upon request of any
				 Person, the certificate of approval must be produced.