49 U.S.C. § 47175 — Definitions

In this subchapter, the following definitions apply: (1) "Airport capacity enhancement project" means (A) a project to construct or extend a runway, including any land acquisition, taxiway, or safety area that goes with it, or (B) any other airport development project the Secretary designates as helping cut air traffic congestion and delays. (2) "Airport sponsor" has the same meaning as "sponsor" in section 47102. (3) "Aviation safety project" means an aviation project that (A) has as its main purpose reducing the risk of injury to people or damage to aircraft and property, as the Administrator decides; (B) is needed to respond to a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation, as the Administrator decides; or (C) is necessary for an airport to comply with the certification rules in part 139 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (4) "Congested airport" means an airport that accounted for at least 1 percent of all delayed aircraft operations nationwide in the most recent year with available data, and that is listed in table 1 of the FAA's Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2004 or any later version of it. (5) "Federal agency" means a department or agency of the United States Government. (6) "General aviation airport construction or improvement project" means (A) a project to construct or extend a runway — including land, a helipad, taxiway, safety area, apron, or navigational aids that go with it — at a general aviation airport, a reliever airport, or a commercial service airport that is not a primary airport (as those terms are defined in section 47102); and (B) any other airport development project the Secretary designates as helping build capacity at a general aviation airport. (7) "Joint use airport" means an airport owned by the Department of Defense where both military and civilian aircraft share the airfield. (8) "Terminal development" has the same meaning it has in section 47102.