49 U.S.C. § 47175
Sections in this chapter
- § 47101
- § 47102
- § 47103
- § 47104
- § 47105
- § 47106
- § 47107
- § 47108
- § 47109
- § 47110
- § 47111
- § 47112
- § 47113
- § 47114
- § 47115
- § 47116
- § 47117
- § 47118
- § 47119
- § 47120
- § 47121
- § 47122
- § 47123
- § 47124
- § 47124a
- § 47125
- § 47126
- § 47127
- § 47128
- § 47129
- § 47130
- § 47131
- § 47132
- § 47133
- § 47134
- § 47135
- § 47136
- § 47136a
- § 47137
- § 47138
- § 47139
- § 47140a
- § 47140
- § 47141
- § 47142
- § 47143
- § 47144
- § 47145
- § 47146
- § 47151
- § 47152
- § 47153
- § 47171
- § 47172
- § 47173
- § 47174
- § 47175
§ 47175. Definitions
In this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
- (1) The term “airport capacity enhancement project” means—
- (A) a project for construction or extension of a runway, including any land acquisition, taxiway, or safety area associated with the runway or runway extension; or
- (B) such other airport development projects as the Secretary may designate as facilitating a reduction in air traffic congestion and delays.
- (2) The term “airport sponsor” has the meaning given the term “sponsor” under section 47102.
- (3) The term “aviation safety project” means an aviation project that—
- (A) has as its primary purpose reducing the risk of injury to persons or damage to aircraft and property, as determined by the Administrator;
- (B) is needed to respond to a recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board, as determined by the Administrator; or
- (C) is necessary for an airport to comply with part 139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to airport certification).
- (4) The term “congested airport” means an airport that accounted for at least 1 percent of all delayed aircraft operations in the United States in the most recent year for which such data is available and an airport listed in table 1 of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2004 or any successor report.
- (5) The term “Federal agency” means a department or agency of the United States Government.
- (6) The term “general aviation airport construction or improvement project” means—
- (A) a project for the construction or extension of a runway, including any land acquisition, helipad, taxiway, safety area, apron, or navigational aids associated with the runway or runway extension, at a general aviation airport, a reliever airport, or a commercial service airport that is not a primary airport (as such terms are defined in section 47102); and
- (B) any other airport development project that the Secretary designates as facilitating aviation capacity building projects at a general aviation airport.
- (7) The term “joint use airport” means an airport owned by the Department of Defense, at which both military and civilian aircraft make shared use of the airfield.
- (8) The term “terminal development” has the meaning given such term in section 47102.
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