Sec. 139.205 - Contents of airport certification manual.

(a) Each airport certification manual required by this part shall include operating procedures, facilities and equipment descriptions, responsibility assignments, and any other information needed by personnel concerned with operating the airport in order to comply with --

(1) The provisions of subpart D of this part; and

(2) Any limitations which the Administrator finds necessary in the public interest.

(b) In complying with paragraph (a) of this section, the airport certification manual must include at least the following elements:

(1) Lines of succession of airport operational responsibility.

(2) Each current exemption issued to the airport from the requirements of this part.

(3) Any limitations imposed by the Administrator.

(4) A grid map or other means of identifying locations and terrain features on and around the airport which are significant to emergency operations.

(5) The system of runway and taxiway identification.

(6) The location of each obstruction required to be lighted or marked within the airport's area of authority.

(7) A description of each movement area available for air carriers and its safety areas and each road described in §139.319(k) that serves it.

(8) Procedures for avoidance of interruption or failure during construction work of utilities serving facilities or navaids which support air carrier operations.

(9) Procedures for maintaining the paved areas as required by §139.305.

(10) Procedures for maintaining the unpaved areas as required by §139.307.

(11) Procedures for maintaining the safety areas as required by §139.309.

(12) A description of, and procedures for maintaining, the marking and lighting systems as required by §139.311.

(13) A snow and ice control plan as required by §139.313.

(14) A description of the facilities, equipment, personnel, and procedures for meeting the rescue and firefighting requirements in §§139.317 and 139.319.

(15) Procedures for complying with the requirements of §139.321 relating to hazardous substances and materials.

(16) A description of, and procedures for maintaining, the traffic and wind direction indicators required by §139.323.

(17) An emergency plan as required by §139.325.

(18) Procedures for conducting the self-inspection program as required by §139.327.

(19) Procedures for controlling ground vehicles as required by §139.329.

(20) Procedures for obstruction removal, marking, or lighting as required by §139.331.

(21) Procedures for protection of navaids as required by §139.333.

(22) A description of public protection as required by §139.335.

(23) A wildlife hazard management plan as required by §139.337.

(24) Procedures for airport condition reporting as required by §139.339.

(25) Procedures for identifying, marking, and reporting construction and other unserviceable areas as required by §139.341.

(26) Any other item which the Administrator finds is necessary in the public interest.

[Doc. No. 24812, 52 FR 44282, Nov. 18, 1987; 53 FR 4119 and 4258, Feb. 12, 1988]