Title 14 was last amended 2/02/2023. site when drafting amendatory language for Federal regulations: (5) Debris and foreign objects must be promptly removed from the surface. (iii) Instrument landing system (ILS) critical area signs. 139.321 Handling and storing of hazardous substances and materials. (2) Emergency personnel training. Procedures for airport condition reporting, as required under, 28. (a) In accordance with its Airport Certification Manual and the requirements of this section, each certificate holder must take immediate action to alleviate wildlife hazards whenever they are detected. 1. (4) Wildlife of a size, or in numbers, capable of causing an event described in paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) of this section is observed to have access to any airport flight pattern or aircraft movement area. (5) A record is maintained of all training given to each individual under this section for 24 consecutive calendar months after completion of training. The Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) is a continuously updated online version of the CFR. (5) Prompt notification, in accordance with 139.339, of all air carriers using the airport when any portion of the movement area normally available to them is less than satisfactorily cleared for safe operation by their aircraft. Docket No. Twelve consecutive calendar months for records of airport condition information dissemination, as required under 139.339. (2) Be painted or marked in colors to enhance contrast with the background environment and optimize daytime and nighttime visibility and identification. (2) Bomb incidents, including designation of parking areas for the aircraft involved; (4) Fires at fuel farms or fuel storage areas; (6) Hazardous materials/dangerous goods incidents; (7) Sabotage, hijack incidents, and other unlawful interference with operations; (8) Failure of power for movement area lighting; and. (3) Any other provisions of this part that the Administrator finds necessary to ensure safety in air transportation. During air carrier operations with only aircraft shorter than the Index aircraft group required by paragraph (a) of this section, the certificate holder may reduce the rescue and firefighting to a lower level corresponding to the Index group of the longest air carrier aircraft being operated. (a) Rescue and firefighting capability. (3) Each safety area must be capable under dry conditions of supporting snow removal and aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment and of supporting the occasional passage of aircraft without causing major damage to the aircraft. (4) A description of wildlife hazards to air carrier operations. An applicant for an Airport Operating Certificate is entitled to a certificate if -. (ii) One vehicle carrying water and the commensurate quantity of AFFF so the total quantity of water for foam production carried by both vehicles is at least 3,000 gallons. [Doc. 41104(b). FAA-2010-0247, 78 FR 3316, Jan. 16, 2013], (a) No person may operate an airport subject to this part unless that person adopts and complies with an Airport Certification Manual, as required under this part, that -. (4) Training of responding firefighting and emergency medical personnel on airport familiarization and communications. (2) The response required by paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of this section must achieve the following performance criteria: (i) Within 3 minutes from the time of the alarm, at least one required aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle must reach the midpoint of the farthest runway serving air carrier aircraft from its assigned post or reach any other specified point of comparable distance on the movement area that is available to air carriers, and begin application of extinguishing agent. (4) Fire stations, as specified in the airport emergency plan. CERTIFICATION OF AIRPORTS. (g) Implementation. Vehicle turret discharge capacity must be as follows: (1) Each vehicle with a minimum-rated vehicle water tank capacity of at least 500 gallons, but less than 2,000 gallons, must have a turret discharge rate of at least 500 gallons per minute, but not more than 1,000 gallons per minute. (c) The wildlife hazard assessment required in paragraph (b) of this section must be conducted by a wildlife damage management biologist who has professional training and/or experience in wildlife hazard management at airports or an individual working under direct supervision of such an individual. Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, whenever the requirements of subpart D of this part cannot be met to the extent that uncorrected unsafe conditions exist on the airport, the certificate holder must limit air carrier operations to those portions of the airport not rendered unsafe by those conditions. However, if the average daily departures are expected to increase, then average daily departures may be determined by planned rather than current activity, in a manner authorized by the Administrator. Part 139 also outlines requirements for airport rescue and firefighting, emergency plans, and, where appropriate, a snow and ice control plan. Affected Public: A total of 256,000 people would . (f) The plan required by this section must contain provisions, to the extent practicable, for the rescue of aircraft accident victims from significant bodies of water or marsh lands adjacent to the airport that are crossed by the approach and departure flight paths of air carriers. 139.217 14 CFR Ch. Certain operations by air carriers that conduct public charter operations under 14 CFR part 380 are covered by the statutory requirements to operate to and from part 139 airports. (2) Reasonable protection of persons and property from aircraft blast. Background and more details are available in the 139.317 Aircraft rescue and firefighting: Equipment and agents. (b) FAA Advisory Circulars contain methods and procedures for the maintenance and configuration of unpaved areas that are acceptable to the Administrator. FAA Advisory Circulars contain methods and procedures for the lighting of obstructions that are acceptable to the Administrator. Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SUBCHAPTER G - AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS PART 139 - CERTIFICATION OF AIRPORTS Subpart C - Airport Certification Manual 139.203 Contents of Airport Certification Manual. A Class III airport cannot serve scheduled or unscheduled large air carrier aircraft. A description of, and procedures for maintaining, the marking, signs, and lighting systems, as required under, 15. [Doc. Each vehicle required under 139.317 must be equipped with two-way voice radio communications that provide for contact with at least -. (b) Each certificate holder must establish and maintain standards authorized by the Administrator for protecting against fire and explosions in storing, dispensing, and otherwise handling fuel (other than articles and materials that are, or are intended to be, aircraft cargo) on the airport. FAA Advisory Circulars contain methods and procedures for ARFF equipment and extinguishing agents that are acceptable to the Administrator. Source (2) Two vehicles carrying an amount of water and the commensurate quantity of AFFF so the total quantity of water for foam production carried by all three vehicles is at least 6,000 gallons. (g) Vehicle readiness. (1) Include procedures for prompt response to all emergencies listed in paragraph (b) of this section, including a communications network; (2) Contain sufficient detail to provide adequate guidance to each person who must implement these procedures; and. Government-owned airport that is co-located with an airport specified under 139.1(a) and at which portions of the movement areas and safety areas are shared by both parties. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, if an increase in the average daily departures or the length of air carrier aircraft results in an increase in the Index required by paragraph (a) of this section, the certificate holder must comply with the increased requirements. (b) Equip personnel with sufficient resources needed to comply with the requirements of this part. A record for each individual must be maintained for 24 consecutive months after the termination of an individual's access to movement areas and safety areas. Procedures for wildlife hazard management, as required under, 27. Amendment of Airport Certification Manual. If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve the www.ecfr.gov website or have questions about using www.ecfr.gov, please choose the 'Website Feedback' button below. 139.1, Applicability Expands Part 139 applicability to non-certificated airports that serve scheduled small air carrier aircraft with 10-30 passenger seats Excludes heliports and airports operated by the U.S. Government Clarifies that Part 139 is not applicable to Alaskan airports during . Records of each accident or incident occurring after the June 9, 2004 must be maintained for 12 consecutive calendar months from the date of the accident or incident. . The Index is determined by a combination of -, (1) The length of air carrier aircraft and. 139.315 Aircraft rescue and firefighting: Index determination. Shared-use airport means a U.S. Gov-ernment-owned airport that is co-lo-cated with an airport specified under 139.1(a) and at which portions of the movement areas and safety areas are shared by both parties. (j) Methods and procedures. In the event a PPR is received for an unscheduled air carrier arrival, airport operations or maintenance staff will be on-site. A separate drafting site (a) The applicant provides written documentation that air carrier service will begin on a date certain. Special Statutory Requirement To Operate to or From a Part 139 Airport. 14 CFR Part 139 requires FAA to issue airport operating certificates to airports that: Serve scheduled and unscheduled air carrier aircraft with more than 30 seats; Serve scheduled air carrier operations in aircraft with more than 9 seats but less than 31 seats; and The FAA Administrator requires to have a certificate. (2) Dry chemical, halon 1211, or clean agent through a turret - 16 pounds per second. (4) Fueling personnel training. Class III airport means an airport certificated to serve scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft. (5) Fire safety in mobile fuelers, fueling pits, and fueling cabinets. (1) Provide measures to alleviate or eliminate wildlife hazards to air carrier operations; (2) Be submitted to, and approved by, the Administrator prior to implementation; and. Title 14 was last amended 2/23/2023. (iii) Rescue and firefighting personnel safety. (l) Methods and procedures. (2) Index B includes aircraft at least 90 feet but less than 126 feet in length. (2) Prepare records of all training given after June 9, 2004 to each individual in compliance with this section that includes, at a minimum, a description and date of training received. (3) Index C includes aircraft at least 126 feet but less than 159 feet in length. No. (iv) Contain information, views, or arguments that demonstrate that the requirements of 139.317 or 139.319 would be unreasonably costly, burdensome, or impractical. The FAA uses this authority to issue requirements for the certification and operation of certain airports that service commercial air carriers. CFR prev | next 139.325 Airport emergency plan. See 49 U.S.C. Certificate holder means the holder of an Airport Operating Certificate issued under this part. (2) The pavement must have no hole exceeding 3 inches in depth nor any hole the slope of which from any point in the hole to the nearest point at the lip of the hole is 45 degrees or greater, as measured from the pavement surface plane, unless, in either case, the entire area of the hole can be covered by a 5-inch diameter circle.