Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3

• Administration: means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, or any federal agency succeeding the Federal Aviation Administration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Aeronautics: means the act, practice of, or instruction in the art and science of transportation by aircraft, and operation, construction, repair or maintenance of aircraft, airports and air navigation facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Air carrier: means a person who undertakes, whether directly or indirectly or by lease or other arrangement, to engage in air commerce and is certificated under Federal Air Regulations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Air commerce: means the carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, when that carriage is a major enterprise for profit and not merely incidental to a person's other business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Air navigation facility: means any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including airports, lights, any apparatus or equipment for disseminating weather information, for signaling, for radio-directional finding, or for radio or other electrical communication, and any other structure or mechanism having a similar purpose for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the landing and takeoff of aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Air taxi: means a person who undertakes, whether directly or indirectly or by lease or other arrangement, to engage in air commerce and who possesses an Air Taxi Commercial Operators Certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 135. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Air transportation: means the transportation of persons, property or mail by aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Aircraft: means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for such navigation but used primarily as safety equipment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Aircraft dealer: means any person engaged in the sale or purchase or manufacture of new or used aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Aircrew member: means any individual who engages, as the person in command or as pilot, mechanic or member of the flight crew, in the navigation of aircraft while under way and any individual who is directly in charge of the inspection, maintenance, overhauling or repair of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers or appliances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Airport: means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Airport hazard: means any structure, or vegetation, including trees, which obstructs the aerial approaches of a public airport. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Antique aircraft: means an aircraft in excess of 30 years of age which is flown only for purposes of demonstration and show. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Basing aircraft: means storing, parking, tying down or mooring aircraft in Maine for more than 30 consecutive calendar days. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Certificate of competency: means a document issued by the administration to aircrew members specifying the kind of aeronautical activity for which they are determined competent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Civil aircraft: means any aircraft other than a public aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Commercial activity: means an aeronautical business or an operation in air commerce. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Commercial airport: means any airport which is open to the public upon which there is conducted an aeronautical business or which accommodates an operation in air commerce. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Transportation or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Commuter air carrier: means an air taxi which provides public transportation between at least 2 points in accordance with a published schedule or regularly operated flights. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Experimental aircraft: means any aircraft used for noncommercial purposes holding a certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration under Federal Air Regulation, Part 21 classifying that aircraft in the experimental aircraft category. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• FAA: means the Federal Aviation Administration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Federal air regulations: means the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration issued under the authority of the "Federal Aviation Act of 1958" as amended, or any federal regulations superseding those issued under the authority of the Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Heliport: means a place set aside for the landing and take off of helicopters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Inspector: means an inspector of aeronautics appointed by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Landing area: means any locality, either of land or water, which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Navigable air space: means air space above the minimum altitudes of flight prescribed by the federal air regulations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Noncommercial airport: means any airport, open to the public, where no fees are incurred to the user. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Person: means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association or body politic and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Primary airport: means an airport that has at least 10,000 passenger boardings per year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Private airport: means an airport that is not open to the public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Public aircraft: means an aircraft used exclusively in the service of any government or of any political subdivision thereof, including the government of any state, territory or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia, but not including any government-owned aircraft engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Resident: means a person who has resided and made the person's home not less than 6 months next prior to the person's application for registration continuously within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• State airways system: means all air navigation facilities available for public use, whether natural or human-made, except for those under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Structure: means any object constructed or installed by humans, including such objects regulated or licensed by other provisions of law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Utility airport: means an airport that is constructed for and intended to be used by propeller-driven aircraft of 12,500 pounds maximum gross weight and less. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72