Practices in Preserving and Developing Public-Use Seaplane Bases (2015) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Pages 10-20
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 10... ...
8 CHAPTER TWO WHAT IS A SEAPLANE BASE? The term used to describe a body of water or private facility that is available to the public is "public use." As it relates to an airport, public use means it is available for use by the general public without prior approval of the airport owner or operator (FAA Order 5010.4 1981; Advisory Circular 150/5200-35A 2010)
|
From page 11... ...
9 FIGURE 2 Year and number of new seaplane designs produced globally. (Source: FUSETRA Seaplane Database 2010.
|
From page 12... ...
10 is often referred to as a straight floatplane. A flying boat is an aircraft whose fuselage acts as a boat hull with small outrigger pontoons used to help stabilize it.
|
From page 13... ...
11 CFR Part 77 Safe, Efficient Use, and Preservation of the Navigable Airspace. Under Part 77, an SPB is considered to be an airport "only if its sea lanes are outlined by visual markers" (14 CFR 77.3)
|
From page 14... ...
12 airport grants manager with the Arizona Department of Transportation, said the reason was unclear as to why the previous four SPBs were no longer listed, other than that they are not listed in the NPIAS, though he indicated that the Arizona SASP does include non-NPIAS airports. Potts indicated that the state would probably take a closer look at SPBs in the next SASP update.
|
From page 15... ...
13 Because the definition of what constitutes a seaplane base and who owns it is unclear, clarification about SPB ownership was sought in the literature, as it has implications for the development and preservation of SPBs in the United States. In Compilation of State Airport Authorizing Legislation, the author writes that the laws of all states provide for a number of common governmental structures that may be used to own and operate an airport (Howick 2012)
|
From page 16... ...
14 PUBLIC ROLE AND PURPOSE SPBs function in a number of different roles, and they serve a number of different purposes and uses. Seaplanes can operate in highly diverse environments, from congested airspace to unimproved remote locations.
|
From page 17... ...
15 Class C -- Community Service Airports Class D -- Local Service Airports Class E -- Rural Essential Airports Class F -- Seaplane Bases Fundamentally, an SPB serves as a transition point for seaplane operators. The transition can be from air to water and vice versa, and from water to land and vice versa.
|
From page 18... ...
16 TABLE 4 TYPES AND PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVITIES AT GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS LISTED IN THE NPIAS Category Percent General Aviation Use Personal 33.5 Instructional 15.3 Corporate/Executive 9.7 Business 8.7 Aerial Observation 5.4 Other 5.2 Aerial Application 3.9 Other Work Use 1.1 External Load (Rotorcraft) 0.9 Aerial Other 0.8 Sightseeing 0.7 Air Medical 0.4 SUBTOTAL General Aviation Use 85.6 On-Demand Federal Aviation Regulation Part 135 Use Air Taxi and Air Tours 11.4 Part 135 Air Medical 3.0 SUBTOTAL Part 135 Use 14.4 TOTAL ALL USES 100.0 Source: NPIAS, Foxx (2014)
|
From page 19... ...
17 cally affiliated with a city, village, or town, while another 10 are remote from a city or town and serve primarily as access to a recreational area or a sport/hunting lodge. Twenty-four of the 31 SPBs in the survey were designed solely to serve seaplanes; two were designed primarily as marinas that later accommodated seaplanes; and five were designed to accommodate both seaplanes and boats {Q6}.
|
From page 20... ...
18 from USACE (33 CFR 322)
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.