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... 3 Airports are physical facilities that accommodate a number of different aeronautical activities. Gliders, helicopters, ultralight vehicles, balloons, blimps, parachutes, aerial applications for agriculture and firefighting, banner towing, aerobatic practice, and other similar flight operations are examples of aeronautical activities that occur on airports.
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... 4 WHAT IS CONSIDERED AERONAUTICAL ACTIVITY? The United States Code (USC)
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... 5 policies, leases, plans, commercial operating permits, existing checklists, and other useful documents, a small sample of airports were considered nationally. Invariably, there are examples that were not captured in the study.
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... 6 AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY A review of airports listed in the AFD was performed. The AFD is an FAA publication that lists the airport master record data (Form 5010)
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... 7 Table 3 provides a breakout of the number of airports having different aeronautical use remarks identified in FAA Form 5010 and the AFD, as associated with each state or territory. The data presented in Tables 1, 2, and 3 have limitations.
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... 8 preparing for an event. For example, ACRP Synthesis 41 provides an overview of planning and conducting an air show event and factors to be considered in staging one.
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... 9 Chapters five through fourteen each cover a specific aeronautical activity in the following order: Aerobatic Operations, Balloons, Airships, Aerial Applications: Agricultural and Firefighting, Aerial Advertising, Glider Operations, Rotorcraft Operations, Parachute Operations, Ultralights, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Each chapter describes the basic operating practices for the aeronautical activity.

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