Mon, Aug 11, 2003
It's The Only Way To Protect The Runway
NBAA filed comments
Friday in support of a proposed FAA policy on weight-based airport
access restrictions. "It is vital that the FAA require airports to
use legitimate weight-based restrictions only as a legitimate means
of protecting airfield pavement, not to mitigate noise concerns by
side-stepping the Part 150/161 airport noise process," said Shelley
A. Longmuir, NBAA president. "If unchecked, the proliferation of
such weight-based restrictions by airports could potentially extend
to include smaller, lighter aircraft, for no good purpose."
Adoption by the FAA of the proposed policy potentially affects
large aircraft operators, including those with MGTOWs exceeding
100,000 lbs., at all airports with existing or contemplated
restrictions, most notably at Teterboro Airport (NJ). Adoption of
this policy would guide airport proprietors regarding Federal
access regulation.
While the proposed policy
recognizes that in rare instances some restrictions might be
necessary as a last resort, it also recognizes that the problem
must be based on present load-bearing capacity. In comments filed
supporting the FAA's proposed policy, Longmuir pointed out that
present load-bearing capacity must include recognition of the
equivalent single-wheel load standard long used by the FAA. NBAA
also pointed out that if access to an airport must be limited
because of demonstrated, weight-bearing considerations, any process
for allocating access must be transparent and
non-discriminatory.
The FAA is expected to publish the final policy later this
year.
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