Colombian Trade Code - Decree 410 of 1971 - Book Five - Navigation - Part One - From the Navigation Aquatics – Title XIII - Marine Insurance - Part II - Aeronautics - Chapter V - Aviation Infrastructure - From: Section 1808 to: 1826 Art

CHAPTER V

Aviation infrastructure

Section 1808 .- Aviation infrastructure is the set of facilities and services to facilitate and enable air navigation, such as airfields, signage, lighting, navigational aids, aeronautical information, telecommunications, meteorology, provisioning and repair of aircraft.
Section 1809 .- Aerodrome is any area used for the arrival and departure of aircraft, including all equipment and facilities.
Section 1810 .- The airfields are classified as civil military. The first public and private.
Section 1811 .- Public airports that are still being privately owned, are intended for public use, others are private.
The public are presumed to be used for the operation of aircraft for unpaid services to persons other than the owner.
Section 1812 .- Subject to the limits established aviation authority, the public airports may be used by any aircraft, which also entitled to the services they rendered.
Section 1813 .- Notwithstanding the provisions of the following article, any aerodrome may be used without the permission of operation given by the aviation authority in which showing, among other things, their identification and location, owner's name, classification, category and operational conditions.
Section 1814 .- The private airfield may be used temporarily by State aircraft in performance of official duties, and aircraft in distress. In this case the aerodrome operator must take steps to landing and the safety of the aircraft, an obligation which will extend the residence time of it at the aerodrome.
Section 1815 .- The aviation authority classify aerodromes and specify the conditions required of every class, always taking into account international regulations.
Section 1816 .- Operator is presumed to own the facilities, equipment and services that constitute the aerodrome, unless given document exploitation by aircraft registered in the register.
In cases where an airport is constructed or operated by community action, or otherwise similar in the absence of registered operator shall be considered as the municipality in whose jurisdiction.
Section 1817 .- Aerodrome operators and the persons or entities providing services to aviation infrastructure, are responsible for any damage caused by the operation of the aerodrome or the provision of those services.
This responsibility is governed by Articles 1881, 1886 and 1887.
Section 1818 .- The aviation authority shall keep a record of airfields on which it shall record its class and category, the name of the operator and other relevant information.
The operator name can be changed only with your written request and acceptance of the new operator in the same way.
Section 1819 .- The public aerodrome operator may charge user fees and regulations prior permission from the FAA.
Section 1820 .- The aviation authority may permit temporary operation of aircraft in areas other than airfields.
Section 1821 .- For the construction, repair and expansion of airports will require prior permission from the FAA, which may deny it if the respective project does not meet the requirements of the regulations.
Section 1822 .- The operating permit of an aerodrome may be suspended or terminated in the following cases:

1. When from the airport to affect the security;

2. When not complying with Article 1812, or otherwise abusing the aerodrome;

3. Where authorized, at the request of the owner. If the operator were different people will require their assent;

4.When deteriorate dangerously for maneuvers, and

5. When the register of aircraft at the aerodrome or touch does not comply with the orders and regulations of the authority.

Paragraph .- If the operating permit expires or is suspended or terminated the aviation authority will prevent exploitation.
Section 1823 .- Denomínanse surfaces imaginary off areas, oblique and horizontal, extending on each aerodrome and its surroundings, which is limited in the height of barriers to air traffic.
The aviation authority will determine the clearance surfaces and the maximum height of buildings and plantations in those areas.
Section 1824 .- In the areas referred to in paragraph 2o. the previous article, you can not lift buildings or plantations without permission from the FAA.
Section 1825 .- Any owner of a property is obliged to allow the marking of obstacles that could present a hazard to air traffic in the opinion of the FAA. The installation and operation of the marks, signs or lights shall be borne by the airport operator, except with respect to the obstacles raised after the aerodrome operating permit, which shall be borne by the owner of the obstacle.
Section 1826 .- It is the duty of the operator of an aircraft, machinery or equipment that disrupts the free flow of tracks, ramps or areas of an airport bearing to remove it as soon as the aeronautical authority so orders. Failure to do so within a reasonable period of time, the authority may arrange for their removal relevant at the expense of the operator, in what the immediate circumstances warrant, and without such authority would fit liability for damage caused to the aircraft, machinery or equipment.