Subpart 2 — Airports

an aerodrome that is located within the built-up area of a city or town;

a land aerodrome that is used by an air operator for the purpose of a scheduled service for the transport of passengers; and

any other aerodrome, other than an aerodrome referred to in subsection (2), in respect of which the Minister is of the opinion that meeting the requirements necessary for the issuance of an airport certificate would be in the public interest and would further the safe operation of the aerodrome.

a military aerodrome;

a land aerodrome referred to in paragraph (1)(b) where the Minister has issued a written authorization for each air operator using the aerodrome to land at and take-off from the aerodrome; or

heliports.

an application for an airport certificate; and

a copy of the proposed airport operations manual in respect of the airport.

the standards set out in the aerodrome standards and recommended practices publications are met; or

on the basis of an aeronautical study, the Minister determines that

accurately describes the physical specifications of the aerodrome; and

conforms to the requirements set out in the aerodrome standards and recommended practices publications that apply in respect of an airport operations manual.

the current holder of the airport certificate, at least 14 days before ceasing to operate the airport, notifies the Minister in writing that the current holder will cease to operate the airport as of the date specified in the notice;

the current holder of the airport certificate notifies the Minister in writing of the name of the transferee;

the transferee applies in writing to the Minister, within 14 days before the current holder ceases to operate the airport, for the airport certificate to be transferred to the transferee; and

the requirements set out in section 302.03 are met.

an airport certificate in respect of the aerodrome will be issued to the applicant or transferred to the transferee as soon as the application procedure in respect of the issuance or transfer is completed; and

the issuance of the interim airport certificate is in the public interest and not detrimental to aviation safety.

the date on which the airport certificate is issued or transferred, and

the date specified in the interim airport certificate on which it will expire.

there is a change in the use or operation of the airport;

there is a change in the boundaries of the airport; or

the holder of the airport certificate requests the amendment.

comply

without charge, at the request of a Department of Transport inspector, allow access to airport facilities and provide the equipment necessary to conduct an inspection of the airport;

review each issue of each aeronautical information publication on receipt thereof and, immediately after such review, notify the Minister of any inaccurate information contained therein that pertains to the airport;

provide to the provider of aeronautical information services, in the manner specified in the processes and procedures established by the provider of aeronautical information services, information on the airport in accordance with the applicable requirements set out in the aerodrome standards and recommended practices publications;

notify the provider of aeronautical information services before any planned change to the airport, the airport facilities or the level of service at the airport that has been planned in advance and that is likely to affect the accuracy of the information contained in an aeronautical information publication;

as the circumstances require for the purpose of ensuring aviation safety, inspect the airport

notify the Minister in writing of any change in airport operations within 14 days after the date of the change; and

assign duties on the movement area and any other area set aside for the safe operation of aircraft, including obstacle limitation surfaces, at the airport, which are described in the airport operations manual, only to employees who have successfully completed a safety-related initial training course on human and organizational factors.

any projection by an object through an obstacle limitation surface relating to the airport;

the existence of any obstruction or hazardous condition affecting aviation safety at or in the vicinity of the airport;

any reduction in the level of services at the airport that are set out in an aeronautical information publication;

the closure of any part of the manoeuvring area of the airport; and

any other conditions that could be hazardous to aviation safety at the airport and against which precautions are warranted.

on the issuance of an airport certificate, provide the Minister with a copy of the airport operations manual, as approved by the Minister pursuant to subsection 302.03(2), and distribute copies of the applicable portions to the persons and institutions referred to in the airport operations manual;

maintain the airport operations manual; and

submit to the Minister for approval any proposed amendment to the airport operations manual.

a table of contents;

any information relating to the administration of the airport, including

all of the information necessary to verify that the airport meets the applicable standards set out in the aerodrome standards and recommended practices publications, as they read on the date on which the airport certificate was issued, and satisfies any conditions specified by the Minister pursuant to subsection 302.03(3) in respect of

an enumeration of the facilities and services provided and the measures in effect at the airport, including

a description of movement area services and facilities provided at the discretion of the operator; and

with respect to the safety management system required under section 107.02,

on an apron;

on an aircraft loading bridge or on a gallery or balcony that is contiguous to or that overhangs an apron; or

in an area where smoking or an open flame is likely to create a fire hazard that could endanger persons or property.

the emergencies that are likely to occur at the airport or in its vicinity and that could be a threat to the safety of persons or the operation of the airport;

the measures to activate the emergency plan for each type of emergency;

the organizations capable of providing assistance in an emergency; and

any additional resources available at the airport and in the surrounding area.

keep at the airport, in the format of a manual, a copy of an updated version of the emergency plan; and

provide a copy to the Minister on request.

review the emergency plan at least once a year after consultation with a representative sample of the air operators that use the airport and the organizations identified in the emergency plan; and

update the emergency plan as necessary to ensure its effectiveness in emergency operations.

identify the potential emergencies, including

identify the organizations capable of providing assistance during an emergency at an airport or in its vicinity, provide the telephone numbers and other contact information for each organization and describe the type of assistance each can provide;

identify the other resources available at the airport and in the surrounding communities for use during emergency response or recovery operations and provide their telephone numbers and other contact information;

describe for emergency situations the lines of authority and the relationships between the organizations identified in the emergency plan and describe how actions will be coordinated among all and within each of the organizations;

identify, for emergency situations, the supervisors and describe the duties of each;

specify the positions occupied by the airport personnel who will respond to an emergency and describe the specific emergency response duties of each;

identify the on-scene controller and describe the controller’s emergency response duties;

provide authorization for a person to act as an on-scene controller or a supervisor if they are not airport personnel;

set out the criteria to be used for positioning the on-scene controller within visual range of an emergency scene;

set out the measures to be taken to make the on-scene controller easily identifiable and reachable at all times by all persons responding to an emergency;

if initial on-scene control has been assumed by a person from a responding organization, describe the procedure for transferring control to the on-scene controller;

describe any training and qualifications required for the on-scene controller and the airport personnel identified in the emergency plan;

describe the method for recording any training provided to the on-scene controller and airport personnel;

describe the communication procedures and specify the radio frequencies to be used to link the operator of the airport with

describe the communication procedures allowing the on-scene controller to communicate with the organizations identified in the emergency plan;

identify the alerting procedures that

specify

for airports designated under Subpart 3, specify the location of the emergency coordination centre used to provide support to the on-scene controller;

describe the measures for dealing with adverse climatic conditions and darkness for each potential emergency set out in paragraph (a);

describe the procedures to assist persons who have been evacuated if their safety is threatened or airside operations are affected;

describe the procedures respecting the review and confirmation of the following to permit the return of the airport to operational status after an emergency situation:

describe the procedures for controlling vehicular flow during an emergency to ensure the safety of vehicles, aircraft and persons;

specify the procedures for issuing a NOTAM in the event of

describe the procedures for preserving evidence as it relates to the removal of an aircraft or part of an aircraft;

describe the procedures to be followed, after any exercise set out in section 302.208 or the activation of the plan for an emergency that requires a full emergency standby, in the following cases:

describe

describe the procedures to assist in locating an aircraft when the airport receives notification that an ELT has been activated.

the signed agreements, if any, between the airport operator and the resources referred to in paragraph (1)(c); and

an airport grid map.

the organizations responsible for fire-fighting services that are identified in the emergency plan; and

the on-scene controller.

an area covering at least one kilometre around each runway;

the airport access roads and gates; and

the location of rendezvous points to which persons and vehicles that are responding to an emergency situation proceed in order to receive instructions.

are knowledgeable of their duties as described in the plan; and

have the skills to carry out their duties.

knowledgeable about the procedures for the overall coordination of emergency operations at an emergency site; and

trained for the particular role that they perform.

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keep records of the training that was received by persons to meet the requirements of subsections (1) and (2);

retain the training records for three years after the day on which the training was received; and

submit a copy of the training records to the Minister on request.

for the airports designated by the Minister in the Canada Flight Supplement to be used by international service, at intervals not exceeding two years; and

for other airports, at intervals not exceeding four years.

an up-to-date list of the participants and their telephone numbers and the radio frequencies used to communicate;

fully operational communication equipment; and

a copy of the airport grid map.

the date of an exercise;

the type of exercise;

the minutes of the debriefing session after the exercise; and

any action plans to correct deficiencies that were identified during a debriefing session.

that, within the preceding calendar year, had 2 800 movements of commercial passenger-carrying aircraft operating under Subpart 4 or 5 of Part VII;

that are located within a built-up area;

that have a waste disposal facility within 15 km of the geometric centre of the airport;

that had an incident where a turbine-powered aircraft collided with wildlife other than a bird and suffered damage, collided with more than one bird or ingested a bird through an engine; or

where the presence of wildlife hazards, including those referred to in section 322.302 of the Airport Standards-Airport Wildlife Planning and Management, has been observed in an airport flight pattern or movement area.

pilots;

ground personnel; and

aircraft maintenance personnel when they identify damage to an aircraft as having been caused by a wildlife strike.

for each wildlife strike, within 30 days of its occurrence; or

for all wildlife strikes that occur in a calendar year, before March 1 of the following calendar year.

an analysis of the risks associated with the wildlife hazards, including those referred to in section 322.302 of the Airport Standards-Airport Wildlife Planning and Management; and

the measures that are necessary to manage or remove the hazards or to manage or mitigate the risks.

the amendment is necessary as a result of the review conducted under subsection (5);

an incident has occurred in which a turbine-powered aircraft collided with wildlife other than a bird and suffered damage, collided with more than one bird or ingested a bird through an engine;

a variation in the presence of wildlife hazards, including those referred to in section 322.302 of the Airport Standards-Airport Wildlife Planning and Management, has been observed in an airport flight pattern or movement area; or

there has been a change

provide any person who has duties in respect of the airport wildlife management plan with training at least once every five years regarding their assigned duties and the matters set out in section 322.307 of the Airport Standards-Airport Wildlife Planning and Management; and

ensure that any person who has duties in respect of the airport wildlife management plan holds any required firearm permit.

aeroplanes at the airport are operated in an air transport service under Subpart 4 or 5 of Part VII; or

aeroplanes at the airport are operated in an air transport service under Subpart 3 of Part VII and the operator of the airport has decided to comply with those sections instead of sections 302.406 and 302.407.

consult a representative sample of the air operators that use the airport about the intended level of winter maintenance and keep a record of the consultations;

provide the aeronautical information publications provider with information, for publication in the Canada Flight Supplement, about the level of winter maintenance; and

include information in the airport operations manual about the level of winter maintenance.

the ice control chemicals specified in subsection 322.415(1) of the Airport Standards — Airport Winter Maintenance; and

sand that meets the requirements specified in subsection 322.415(2) of the Airport Standards — Airport Winter Maintenance.

the sand is no longer required to provide more friction for aircraft and service vehicles; and

there are no higher operational priorities.

was developed by the operator after consultations with a representative sample of the air operators that use the airport; and

includes the items required under section 302.411.

an up-to-date copy of its airport winter maintenance plan;

a record of all consultations required under this section; and

a record of each review required under this section.

from priority 1 areas;

from priority 2 areas to the extent that doing so does not compromise the operator’s ability to keep priority 1 areas operational; and

from priority 3 areas after the winter storm conditions have ended.

the ice control chemicals specified in subsection 322.415(1) of the Airport Standards — Airport Winter Maintenance; and

sand that meets the requirements specified in subsection 322.415(2) of the Airport Standards — Airport Winter Maintenance.

the sand is no longer required to provide more friction for aircraft and service vehicles; and

there are no higher operational priorities.

carry out the measurements for the purposes of determining CRFIs in accordance with section 322.416 of the Airport Standards — Airport Winter Maintenance;

provide the CRFIs to the ground station in accordance with subsection 322.411(2) of those standards; and

maintain the accuracy of the equipment referred to in section 322.416 of those standards in accordance with that section.

the airport does not receive any aeroplanes operated in an air transport service under Subpart 5 of Part VII; or

the airport runways are gravel and the airport does not receive turbo-jet-powered aeroplanes operated in an air transport service under Subpart 5 of Part VII.

inspect movement areas and prepare AMSCRs in accordance with section 322.417 of the Airport Standards — Airport Winter Maintenance;

include a CRFI in each AMSCR if section 302.416 applies to the operator;

forward AMSCRs to the air navigation services provider in a manner that will permit its prompt dissemination to aircraft operators;

provide the aeronautical information publications provider with information about the availability of CRFIs and AMSCRs for publication in the Canada Flight Supplement; and

include information in the airport operations manual about the availability of CRFIs and AMSCRs.

the runway surface is wet but there is no contaminant;

on the runway surface there is a layer of slush but no other contaminant;

on the runway surface there is wet snow that, when stepped on or driven on, splatters, turns to slush or results in the presence of visible water; or

on the runway surface there is dry snow or wet snow that exceeds 2.5 cm (one inch) in depth.

Calgary International;

Edmonton International;

Gander International;

Halifax Robert L. Stanfield International;

Montréal — Pierre Elliott Trudeau International;

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International;

St. John’s International;

Toronto / Lester B. Pearson International;

Vancouver International; and

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International.

an initial audit conducted within 12 months after

an audit of the entire quality assurance program carried out every three years, calculated from the initial audit, in one of the following ways:

checklists of all activities controlled by the airport operations manual;

a record of each occurrence of compliance or non-compliance with the airport operations manual found during an audit referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

procedures for ensuring that each finding of an audit is communicated to the accountable executive;

follow-up procedures for ensuring that corrective actions are effective; and

a system for recording the findings of an audit referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), corrective actions and follow-ups.

two audit cycles, and

two years.

the size, nature and complexity of the operations and activities authorized under the airport certificate justify the fulfilling of those duties by the person responsible for carrying out those tasks or activities;

the holder of the airport certificate demonstrates to the Minister, by means of a risk analysis, that the fulfilling of those duties by the person responsible for carrying out those tasks or activities will not result in an unacceptable risk to aviation safety; and

the holder of the airport certificate provides the Minister, in writing, with the information required under paragraphs (a) and (b).

implement a reporting system to ensure the timely collection of information related to hazards, incidents and accidents that may adversely affect safety;

identify hazards and carry out risk management analyses of those hazards;

investigate, analyze and identify the cause or probable cause of all hazards, incidents and accidents identified under the safety management system;

implement a safety data system, by either electronic or other means, to monitor and analyze trends in hazards, incidents and accidents;

monitor and evaluate the results of corrective actions with respect to hazards, incidents and accidents;

monitor the concerns of the civil aviation industry in respect of safety and their perceived effect on the holder of the airport certificate; and

determine the adequacy of the training required by paragraph 302.502(f).

determine what, if any, corrective actions are required and carry out those actions;

keep a record of any determination made under paragraph (a) and the reason for it;

if management duties have been assigned to another person under subsection (3), communicate any determination regarding a corrective action to that person; and

notify the certificate holder of any systemic deficiency and of the corrective action taken.

within three years of the day on which the statistics referred to in subsection (2) are published in respect of the last year of a period referred to in subsection (1); or

within three years of the day on which the Minister notifies the operator under subsection (4).

the runway is equipped with a serviceable precision approach path indicator (PAPI) or abbreviated precision approach path indicator (APAPI); or

an instrument approach procedure with approved vertical guidance that is not restricted by a special authorization or an operations specification is available in respect of the runway.