RULES AND
REGULATIONS
OF
THE
AURORA
MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT
100 –
GENERAL
100.1
Definitions
A.
Airport –
All property designated by the City of Aurora as the Aurora Municipal Airport
including areas not used for aeronautical purposes and all the improvements and
appurtenances contained thereon.
B.
Airport
Manager/Director – The person appointed by the City of
Aurora
to manage and supervise the operation of the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
. In the absence of the Airport
Manager/Director, the Mayor of the City of
Aurora
may appoint an Interim
Manager/Director.
C.
Person –
Any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, society
or club and includes any trustee, receiver or similar representative
thereof.
D.
Public
Airport
Facilities
1.
The
phrase “Public Airport Facilities” means the following facilities as they are
from time to time provided and made available by the City of
Aurora
for public use by
all aircraft and their operators:
a.
Public
runways for the purpose of the landing and taking off of
aircraft.
b.
Public
taxiways for the purpose of the ground movement of
aircraft.
c.
Public
aircraft parking area for the purpose of temporarily parking and storing
aircraft; for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers, baggage, freight,
mail and other cargo upon and from aircraft; and for the purpose of performing
operations incidental to the immediate arrival and departure of
aircraft.
d.
Any other
area provided by the City of
Aurora
for public use by aircraft operations at
the Airport.
2.
The
phrase “Public Airport Facilities” shall also include public roads, streets,
highways or such means of ingress and egress.
100.2
Scope
All
persons shall be governed by the Rules and Regulations prescribed herein while
on or occupying any area of the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
. They shall also be subject to comply
with the order and instructions of the Airport Manager relative to the use and
occupancy of Airport property and Airport facilities.
100.3
Penalties
The
Airport Manager and the City of Aurora may remove or evict from the Airport
premises any person who knowingly or willfully violates any rule or regulation
prescribed herein, or any rule or regulation in effect by the Federal Aviation
Administration or Department of Aeronautics of the State of Illinois, and may
deny the use of the Airport and its facilities to any such person if it is
determined in the sole discretion of the Airport Manager or the City of Aurora
that such denial is necessary and reasonable under the
circumstances.
100.4
Lost
Articles
All lost
articles shall be turned into the Airport Manager’s office by the finders. Any such articles not claimed in sixty
(60) days shall be considered unclaimed property and shall be disposed of in
accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Statute on unclaimed
property.
100.5 Liability
The City
of
Aurora
Manager
and/or its agents shall not be liable for the
loss, injury or damage to persons or property by any cause, including but not
limited to fire, theft, vandalism, wind, flood, earthquake, war, acts of
terrorism or collision occurring on airport property.
100.6
Accident
Reports
All
persons involved in any accident or incident occurring on the Airport which
injures or damages person, aircraft, automobiles or other property of any nature
shall make a report to the Airport Manager within forty-eight (48) hours giving
all pertinent information as requested by the Airport Manager or his/her
designee.
100.7
Disaster
Plan
The City
of
Aurora
has a disaster plan published and in
place if an event should occur at the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
requiring its implementation. Once implemented, this plan supersedes
and controls all activities at the Airport until the event is considered
concluded.
100.8
Minimum
Standards for Commercial Activities
Minimum
Standards have been published for commercial activities at the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
. Any person(s), corporation or
organization conducting business or planning to conduct business on the Airport
must comply with these standards unless a specific exception is granted in
writing by the City of Aurora and/or its’ duly authorized
agents.
200 –
MOTOR VEHICLES
200.1
Licensing
and Registration
A.
No person
shall operate motorized equipment of any kind on the Airport unless possessed of
a valid State of
Illinois Operators
License
.
B.
No person
shall operate any motor vehicle on runways or taxiways or landing, taxiing or
aircraft parking areas without having first registered the same with the Airport
Manager and obtaining permission for the operation of such equipment from the
Control Tower.
C.
No person
shall park automotive equipment in any aircraft tie-down
area.
200.2
Rules of
Operation
A.
Unless
required for use in the operation of a business on the airport, approved
deliveries of goods to a business on the field, or for a construction project no
person shall operate a motor vehicle of any kind in any aircraft movement area
on the Airport unless otherwise specifically approved by the Airport
Manager. In the event of an
emergency, responding vehicles shall be permitted in all movement areas, but the
operators shall recognize that portions of the Airport may remain open during
the resolution of an emergency, which may cause a hazard to the emergency
vehicle.
B.
No person
shall operate a motor vehicle of any kind on the Airport in a reckless or
negligent manner. Speed limits
shall not exceed ten (10) miles per hour on ramp, apron, or aircraft parking and
hangar areas.
C.
Aircraft
shall have the right-of-way over all other traffic on the runways, taxi strips,
ramps and aircraft parking area. Unauthorized pedestrians are not permitted on runways, taxi strips and
ramps and all pedestrians shall yield the right-of-way to aircraft. Pedestrians and vehicles shall, when
possible, pass to the rear of parked aircraft. Neither pedestrians nor vehicles shall
pass in front of an operating aircraft.
D.
No person
under the influence of liquor or drugs shall operate a motor vehicle or aircraft
on the Airport.
E.
No
persons shall operate a motor scooter, truck or other vehicle without the
exhaust system protected by screens or baffles to prevent the escape of sparks
or the propagation of flame on the Airport.
F.
All
aircraft operations shall be in conformance with Federal Aviation Regulations
and State of
Illinois
Regulations
.
G.
All
vehicles operating on the Airport between the hours of sunset and sunrise shall
have fully operating headlights and taillights visible at least five hundred
feet (500’).
H.
Emergency
conditions existing on the Airport will not mitigate or cancel any existing
regulations unless the Disaster Plan is implemented as stated in 100.7
above.
200.3
Radio
Equipment
A.
All
vehicles operating on a regular basis in the landing and taxiing area shall be
equipped with two-way radio and be in continuous communications with the Control
Tower with the exception of the following types of
equipment:
1.
Crash
equipment while attending an accident.
2.
Refueling
vehicles and towing tugs may cross for loading purposes only. Prior to each trip the operator must
obtain telephone clearance from the Tower or clearance by two-way
radio.
3.
Agricultural
and maintenance equipment not engaged in working on the runway proper. The Tower will be kept informed of the
general area in which they are working.
4.
Any
vehicle crossing any taxiway or runway and not equipped with a two-way radio and
in direct contact with the Tower on the ground frequency shall not operate
within the aircraft movement areas until prior permission is received from the
Control Tower by telephone and then must observe all light signals from the
Control Tower.
B.
It is the
responsibility of all vehicle operators to be conversant with the standard
airport light signal regardless of whether vehicle is
radio-equipped.
200.4
Repair of
Motor Vehicles and Aircraft
No person
shall make any repairs to motor vehicles or aircraft anywhere on the Airport
that shall create a hazard to other aircraft, motor vehicles, property or people
or create an unsightly condition; nor shall any person move, interfere or tamper
with any motor vehicle part, or aircraft part, instrument or tool thereof
without the permission of the owner of satisfactory evidence of the right to do
so duly presented to the Airport Manager.
200.5
Parking
A.
No person
shall park a motor vehicle in any area other than those areas specifically
provided and established for parking unless approved by Airport
Manager.
B.
No
persons shall park a motor vehicle in any manner in the parking areas other than
those in the position designated by marked lines or by posted
signs.
C.
No tenant
of a t-hangar shall park his vehicle in any area other than the designated
parking area or inside his or her respective hangar.
D.
No
vehicles shall be parked adjacent to t-hangars.
E.
Authority
is granted the Airport Manager to tow or otherwise move motor vehicles that are
parked in violation of these regulations on Airport property and such movement
of a vehicle shall be done at the operator’s expense and without liability for
damage attaching to the Airport Manager, City of
Aurora
or authorized
representative.
300 –
AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
300.1
Aeronautical
Activities
All
aeronautical activities at this Airport and all flying of aircraft departing
from or arriving in the air space above the Airport shall be conducted in
conformity with the current pertinent provisions of the Federal Aviation
Administration, Transportation Safety Administration and orders issued by the
Airport Manager.
300.2
Based
Aircraft Registration
The
owners of all aircraft based on the Airport will register their aircraft with
the Manager’s office within forty-eight (48) hours of arrival. Any change in ownership will require a
change in registration.
300.3
Refusal
of Clearance
The
Airport Manager may delay or restrict any flight or other operations at the
Airport of any aircraft for any reason in his/her sole
discretion.
300.4
Closing
of Field
In the
event the Manager believes the conditions of the Airport or any part of the
Airport to be unsafe for landings or take-offs, it shall be within his/her sole
discretion to issue a NOTAM closing the entire Airport or any part thereof. This shall be filed with FAA Flight
Service Station over the signature of the person authorizing such closing. The same procedure will be followed when
the field is again usable.
300.5 Disabled
Aircraft
A.
All
disabled aircraft and parts thereof on the Airport shall be promptly removed
from public view by the owners as soon as possible unless otherwise
instructed.
B.
If any
person refuses to move an aircraft as directed by the Airport Manager or
authorized designee, said aircraft may be towed away at the owner or operator’s
expense and without liability for damage that may result in the course of or
after such moving. The same shall
apply to removal of wrecked or damaged aircraft and its
parts.
300.6
Warming
Up
Aircraft
at
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
shall not perform warm-up, engine
run-ups or engine test operations in any area that would result in a hazard to
other aircraft, persons or property. No testing of engines between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless specifically
approved by the Airport Manager.
300.7
Parking
of Aircraft
No person
shall park aircraft in any area on the Airport other than that prescribed by the
Manager.
300.8
Demonstration
No
aerobatic flight or ground demonstrations shall be conducted on the Airport
without the express written approval of the Manager. No aircraft shall be operated in other
than normal flight altitudes without the express written approval of the Airport
Manager.
300.9 Lighting
Facility Damage
Any
person damaging any light or fixtures by means of contact with aircraft or other
vehicle shall report such damage to the Airport Manager’s office immediately and
shall be fully responsible for any costs required to repair or replace the
damaged facility.
300.10
Categories
of Aircraft
The
classification of any aircraft and the type of operation connected therewith
shall be determined by the Airport Manager unless specifically described
below:
A.
Private
1.
Privately
owned aircraft will be operated non-commercially by owner or
owners.
2.
The
aircraft can be used in connection with the owner’s business comparable to an
owner’s use of his private automobile.
3.
Company
and corporation owned aircraft that are operated for the free transportation of
their and other personnel and or products are classified as private aircraft and
subject to the restrictions as listed under 2 above.
4.
Club
aircraft must be owned and operated by a non-profit partnership or non-profit
Illinois
corporation, and each club member must be a bona fide owner of a part of the
aircraft or a share in the corporation. The club may not derive greater revenue from the use of the aircraft than
the amount necessary to pay and amortize the use of the operations, maintenance
and replacement of its aircraft and will file and keep up to date with the
Airport Manager a list of membership. At any time the Airport Manager has reason to believe a club aircraft is
being so operated that it falls under the “commercial” classification hereunder,
he shall so notify such club. If
they fail to remedy conditions in the complaint, the Airport Manager shall
reclassify the aircraft and levy fees necessary to the pertinent type of
operations.
5.
Aircraft
for sale: New or used aircraft held
for sale only. Such aircraft may be
demonstrated to prospective purchasers, or, when sold, may be used to instruct
the new owner in their operation.
B. Commercial
Aircraft used:
1.
To carry
passengers for hire on local flights.
2.
For
rental, hire or charter.
3.
Student
instruction and its kindred occupations where payment is
made.
4.
Any
aircraft used for commercial purposes and not otherwise covered in these
regulations.
5.
Sales
C. Certified Air Carriers
1.
Contract: All Federally certified air carriers
holding a contract with the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
.
2.
Non-Contract: All Federally certified air carriers not
covered in Section 300.11 C.1. above.
3.
No
scheduled air carrier operations will be allowed at the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
by carriers using aircraft of more
than 30 seats.
300.11 Ground
Operations
A.
No
operator of an aircraft shall taxi onto or across a runway or taxiway unless
specifically cleared to do so by radio or light signal while tower is in
operation.
B.
No person
shall start or run any engine in aircraft unless a person that is a licensed
pilot or a licensed FAA mechanic is in the aircraft attending the engine
controls.
C.
No person
shall run the engine or engines of any aircraft at any location on the Airport
in such a manner as to cause damage to either aircraft or property or in such
manner as to blow paper, dirt or other materials across taxiways or runways in
such a manner as to endanger the safety of operations on the
Airport.
300.12
Landings
and Take-offs
A.
Procedures
to be used when landing and taking off, unless otherwise directed by ATC or for
safety:
1.
All
aircraft operations shall comply with most recent noise abatement
procedures.
2.
No
aircraft shall taxi on the grass or use the grass areas for take-offs or
landings unless specifically designated or approved by the Airport
Manager.
B.
Prior
authorization is required for aircraft with a wheel loading in excess of the
amount published in the Airmen’s Information Manual to land or take-off at the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
.
400 –
FUELING AND FLAMMABLES
400.1
Cleaning
of Aircraft
No person
shall use flammable volatile liquids in the cleaning of aircraft, aircraft
engines, propellers, appliances or for any other purpose unless such operations
are conducted in compliance with the Fire Code of the City of
Aurora
.
400.2
Storage
No person shall
keep or store any flammable and/or toxic material unless in compliance with the
Fire Code of the City of
Aurora
in the hangars or any building on the
Airport. Such materials may be kept
in an aircraft in the proper receptacles installed in the aircraft for such
purposes or in rooms or areas specifically approved for such storage by the City
of
Aurora Fire
Marshal
or in Underwriter’s Laboratory approved safety
cans.
400.3
Doping
and Painting
Painting
and Doping processes shall be conducted only in areas conforming to the City of
Aurora Fire
Code
.
400.4
Fueling
Operations
All fuels
for aviation purposes will be dispensed on the
Aurora
Municipal
Airport
property in compliance with the City of
Aurora Fire
Code
.
400.5 Fueling and
Defueling Aircraft
A.
No
aircraft shall be fueled or defueled while the engine is running or being warmed
by applications of exterior heat or while such aircraft is in a hangar or
enclosed space.
B.
No
persons shall smoke within one hundred feet (100’) of an aircraft being fueled
or defueled.
C.
No person
shall operate any radio transmitter or receiver or switch electrical appliances
off or on in an aircraft during fueling or defueling.
D.
During
refueling the aircraft, the fueling dispensing apparatus shall both be grounded
to a point or points of zero electrical potential.
E.
No person
shall use any material or equipment during fueling or defueling of aircraft that
is likely to cause a spark or ignition.
F.
Adequate
fire extinguishers shall be within ready reach of all persons engaged in fueling
or defueling aircraft.
G.
No person
shall start the engine of any aircraft when there is any fuel on the ground or
under such aircraft.
H.
Fueling
hoses and equipment shall be maintained in a safe, sound and nonleaking
condition and shall be approved by City Fire Marshal in all respects and
parts.
I.
No
aircraft shall be fueled or defueled while passengers are on board the aircraft
unless a passenger loading ramp is in place at the cabin door of the aircraft,
the aircraft door is in open position and a cabin attendant flight officer is
present at or near the cabin door.
J.
Persons
engaged in the fueling and draining of aircraft shall exercise care to prevent
overflow of fuel. Persons
responsible will take proper measures to remove volatile liquids when applied
during transfer.
K.
Refueling
trucks shall be parked only in designated areas as approved by the Fire
Code.
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