Section 61-5-3 - Definitions

As used in the Municipal Airport Law, unless the text otherwise requires:(a) 'Airport' means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights of way, or for other appropriate purposes, including buffer areas and areas for airport compatible development, together with all buildings and facilities located thereon.(b) 'Airport hazard' means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land which obstructs the airspace required for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking-off at an airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking-off of aircraft.(c) 'Air navigation facility' means any facility, other than one owned and operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking-off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the

ommunicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking-off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities.(d) 'Joint airport board' shall mean a joint airport board created pursuant to Section 61-5-35.(e) 'Municipal airport board' shall mean a municipal airport board created pursuant to Section 61-5-25.(f) 'Municipality' means any county, city, village, town, supervisors district or supervisors districts of this state. 'Municipal' means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined.(g) 'Person' means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof.Codes, 1942, § 7545-01; Laws, 1958, ch. 513, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 335, § 2, eff. 4/13/2004.