www.PSFmagazine.com | July-August 2016 | 9 8 | July-August 2016 | Powered Sport Flying Press Pass On June 9, 2016, the faa issued an updated faa Order 5190.6, Airport Compliance Handbook. The intent of the policy is to ensure that the federal investment in federally obligated airports is protected by making aeronautical facilities available to aeronautical users, and by ensuring that airport sponsors receive fair market value for use of airport property for non-aeronautical purposes. The policy implements several Grant Assurances, including Grant Assurance 5, Preserving Rights and Powers; Grant Assurance 22, Economic Nondiscrimination; Grant Assurance 24, Fee and Rental Structure; and Grant Assurance 25, Airport Revenues. The updated policy addressed several areas that the old policy seemed too restrictive over. For example, most people agree that hangars should be used to store aircraft and not for non-aviation uses, but, they argue the proposed policy is too restrictive on the storage of non-aviation related items in a hangar along with an aircraft. A hangar with an aircraft in it still has a large amount of room for storage and other incidental uses, and that space can be used with no adverse effect on the use and storage of the aircraft. Another area that needed clarification was to make sure that it is acceptable to park a vehicle in the hangar while the aircraft is out of the hangar being used. Other things the new policy addresses include that it is admissable to build a kit airplane in a hangar and to have a lounge area, among others. Aeronautical uses for hangars may now include: 1. Storage of active aircraft. 2. Final assembly of aircraft under construction. 3. Non-commercial construction of amateur-built or kitbuilt aircraft. 4. Maintenance, repair, or refurbishment of aircraft, but not the indefinite storage of nonoperational aircraft. 5. Storage of aircraft handling equipment, e.g., towbars, glider tow equipment, workbenches, and tools and materials used in the servicing, maintenance, repair or outfitting of aircraft. Provided the hangar is used primarily for aeronautical purposes, an airport sponsor may permit non-aeronautical items to be stored in hangars provided the items do not interfere with the aeronautical use of the hangar. While sponsors may adopt more restrictive rules for use of hangars, the faa will generally not consider items to interfere with the aeronautical use of the hangar unless the items: 1. Impede the movement of the aircraft in and out of the hangar or impede access to aircraft or other aeronautical contents of the hangar. 2. Displace the aeronautical contents of the hangar. A vehicle parked at the hangar while the vehicle owner is using the aircraft will not be considered to displace the aircraft. 3. Impede access to aircraft or other aeronautical contents of the hangar. 4. Are used for the conduct of a non-aeronautical business or municipal agency function from the hangar (including storage of inventory). 5. Are stored in violation of airport rules and regulations, lease provisions, building codes or local ordinances. Hangars still may not be used as a residence, with a limited exception for sponsors providing an on-airport residence for a full-time airport manager, watchman, or airport operations staff for remotely located airports. The faa differentiates between a typical pilot resting facility or aircrew quarters versus a hangar residence or hangar home. The former are designed to be used for overnight and/or resting periods for aircrew, and not as a permanent or even temporary residence. This policy applies regardless of whether the hangar occupant leases the hangar from the airport sponsor or developer, or the hangar occupant constructed the hangar at the occupant’s own expense while holding a ground lease. When land designated for aeronautical use is made available for construction of hangars, the hangars built on the land are subject to the sponsor’s obligations to use aeronautical facilities for aeronautical use. Use of Hangars for Construction of an Aircraft- The big win for amateur builders, and one that the eaa advocated strongly for, is that non-commercial construction of amateur-built or kit-built aircraft is now considered an aeronautical activity. As with any aeronautical activity, an airport sponsor may lease or approve the lease of hangar space for this activity without faa approval. Airport sponsors are not required to construct special facilities or upgrade existing facilities for construction activities. 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