The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing the issuance by the department of certificates of registration to all airports in this state which are open for use by the public and governing the annual renewal of those certificates. These rules shall require that an airport applying for a certificate of registration or for a renewal shall comply with minimum standards of safety as promulgated by the department before the certificate of registration or certificate of renewal may be issued. Certificates of registration or renewal may be issued subject to any conditions the department deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The department may, after notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in chapter 17A, revoke any certificate of registration or renewal, or may refuse to issue a renewal, when the department determines that any of the following have occurred:
 1. The airport has been abandoned.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 328.19

  • Airport: includes land within a city with a population greater than one hundred seventy-five thousand which is acquired to replace or mitigate land used in an airport runway project at an existing airport when federal law, grant, or action requires such replacement or mitigation. See Iowa Code 328.1
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 321H.2
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 328.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The airport is no longer in compliance with the conditions of the registration or renewal.
 3. A change in physical or legal conditions or circumstances has made the airport either unsafe or unusable for the aeronautical purposes for which the registration or renewal was issued.