Procedural
Requirements
Effective Date: May 01, 2017
Expiration Date: May 01, 2025
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NASA Procedural Requirements |
NPR 7900.3D Effective Date: May 01, 2017 Expiration Date: May 01, 2025 |
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13.1.1 This chapter applies to NASA Centers that own and operate an airfield. Center Directors shall equip airfield management personnel with sufficient budget and human resources to comply with the requirements of this NPR. [780]
13.1.2 Centers shall operate an airfield only when the Center adopts and complies with an Airfield Operations Manual, in accordance with paragraph 13.2. [781]
13.1.3 NASA heliports shall comply with the airfield requirements in this NPR. Specific references in this chapter also apply to NASA-owned and -maintained ramp and movement areas. [782]
13.1.4 A Center operating an airfield shall ensure that the FAA Regional Airports Division Manager is provided a complete copy of the Center's most current Airfield Operations Manual. [783]
13.1.5 Centers providing access to their airfield to the general public for aircraft operations conducted under civil regulations shall identify all deviations and noncompliance from 14 CFR Part 139, Certification of Airports, and provide this information to the Aircraft Management Division, OSI for approval. [784] This information also will be provided to all aircraft operators using the airfield.
13.1.6 Centers shall establish and maintain Pre-Mishap Plan/Aircraft Incident Response Plans, in accordance with NPR 8621.1 that meets the following requirements:
a. Develop and maintain an airfield emergency plan designed to minimize the possibility and extent of personal injury and property damage on the airfield in an emergency. [785]
b. Coordinate the plan with law enforcement agencies, rescue and firefighting agencies, medical personnel and organizations, the principal tenants at the airfield, and all other persons who have responsibilities under the plan. [786]
c. Hold a full-scale airfield emergency plan exercise at least once every 24-consecutive calendar months. [787]
13.1.6.1 At least once every 12 consecutive calendar months, the plan shall be reviewed with all the parties with whom the plan is coordinated, as specified in this NPR, to ensure that all parties know their responsibilities and to ensure that all information in the plan is current. [788]
13.1.7 The Center shall conduct training needed to meet the following requirements prior to the initial performance of such duties and at least once every 12 consecutive calendar months:
a. To provide qualified personnel to comply with the requirements of this NPR.
b. To qualify personnel who access movement areas and safety areas and perform duties in compliance with the requirements of the Airfield Operations Manual and the requirements of this NPR. [789]
13.1.8 Centers operating airfields or aircraft ramp or movement areas shall conduct a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) survey at least once every 5 years. [790]
13.1.9 Airfield-condition reporting shall be conducted in a manner authorized by the Center Director and meet the following requirements:
a. Provide for the collection and dissemination of airfield condition information to aircraft operators, including alerts on bird and other wildlife activity.
b. Use the Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) system, as appropriate, and other systems and procedures authorized by the FAA.
c. Provide information on the following airfield conditions that may affect the safe operations of aircraft:
(1) Construction or maintenance activity on movement areas, safety areas, or loading ramps and parking areas.
(2) Surface irregularities on movement areas, safety areas, or loading ramps and parking areas.
(3) Snow, ice, slush, or water on the movement area or loading ramps and parking areas.
(4) Snow piled or drifted on or near movement areas.
(5) Objects on the movement area or safety areas.
(6) Malfunction of any lighting system, holding position signs, or Instrument Landing System (ILS) critical area signs.
(7) Unresolved wildlife hazards.
(8) Non-availability of any rescue and firefighting capability required.
(9) Any other condition specified in the Airfield Operations Manual or that may otherwise adversely affect the safe operation of aircraft.
13.1.9.1 Procedures for identifying, marking, and lighting construction and other unserviceable areas.
13.1.9.2 Any other item that the Center Director finds is necessary to ensure safety in airfield operations. [791]
13.2.1 The Center shall maintain an Airfield Operations Manual that includes descriptions of operating procedures, facilities and equipment, responsibility assignments, and any other information needed by personnel concerned with operating the airfield. [792] FAR, FAA advisory circulars, and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards contain acceptable methods and procedures for the development of a Center's Airfield Operations Manual.
13.2.2 The Center shall include in the Airfield Operations Manual the following required elements:
a. Lines of succession of airfield operational responsibility.
b. Copies of current waivers, variances, or deviations issued to the airfield.
c. Any limitations imposed by the Administrator.
d. A grid map or other means of identifying locations and terrain features on and around the airfield that are significant to emergency operations.
e. The location of each obstruction within the airfield's area of authority required to be lighted or marked.
f. A description of all movement areas that are available for civil and public aircraft operators and the airfield's safety areas and all roads that serve them.
g. Procedures for avoidance of interruption or failure during construction work of utilities that serve facilities or NAVAIDS that support aircraft operations.
h. A description of airfield personnel training detailed in paragraph 13.1.5.
i. Procedures for maintaining paved areas.
j. Procedures for maintaining unpaved areas.
k. Procedures for maintaining safety areas.
l. A plan showing the runway and taxiway identification system, including the location and inscription of signs, runway markings, and holding-position markings.
m. A description of marking, signs, and lighting systems and procedures for maintaining them.
n. A snow and ice control plan. Prompt notification will be given to all aircraft operators using the airfield when any portion of the movement area is less than satisfactorily cleared for safe operation of their aircraft.
o. A description of the facilities, equipment, personnel, and procedures for meeting the aircraft rescue and firefighting requirements detailed in paragraph 13.3.
p. Procedures for protecting persons and property during storing, dispensing, and handling fuel or other hazardous substances and materials.
q. A description of traffic and wind direction indicators and procedures for maintaining them.
r. The Pre-Mishap Plan/Aircraft Incident Response Plan, as specified in paragraph 13.1.4.
s. Procedures for conducting a biennial self-inspection program.
t. Procedures for controlling pedestrians and ground vehicles in movement areas and safety areas.
u. Procedures for obstruction removal, marking, or lighting.
v. Procedures for protection of NAVAIDS.
w. A description of public protection.
x. Procedures for wildlife hazard management, as specified in Section 13.4.
y. Airfield condition reporting procedures, as specified in Section 13.1.6. [793]
13.3.1 The Center shall provide and maintain facilities, equipment, personnel, and procedures for meeting the aircraft rescue and firefighting requirements, in accordance with NPR 8715.3 and NASA-STD-8719.11 for the capacity of aircraft and the level of aircraft operations being conducted at the airfield. [794]
13.3.1.1 During aircraft operations at the airfield, the Center shall provide the rescue and firefighting capability specified for the level of operations. [795]
13.3.1.2 In the event that fire protection is temporarily not available due to lack of personnel, equipment, or other emergencies, the Center shall establish procedures to restrict the use of the airfield and notify aircraft operators of the temporary suspension of airfield operations. [796]
13.3.1.3 All rescue and firefighting personnel shall participate in at least one live-fire drill prior to initial performance of rescue and firefighting duties and every 12 consecutive calendar months thereafter. [797]
13.4.1 The Center shall take immediate action to eliminate wildlife hazards whenever they are detected. [798]
13.4.2 The Center shall ensure that a wildlife hazard assessment is conducted by a wildlife damage management biologist who has professional training and/or experience in wildlife hazard management at airfields or an individual working under direct supervision of such an individual. [799]
13.4.3 The Center shall conduct a training program by a qualified wildlife damage management biologist to provide airfield personnel with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully carry out the required wildlife hazard management plan. [800]
13.4.4 The Center shall track and report all bird strikes and other wildlife strikes either in NMIS or the NASA Aircraft Anomaly Reporting System (NAARS) in accordance with NPR 8621.1. [801]
13.4.5 The Center shall conduct a periodic review of bird hazards using a team similar to the U.S. Air Force Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) team. [802]
13.4.6 The Center shall implement a wildlife hazard management plan using the wildlife hazard assessment as a basis. [803] The plan will:
a. Provide measures to eliminate wildlife hazards to aircraft operations.
b. Become a part of the Airfield Operations Manual.
c. Include a list of the individuals having authority and responsibility for implementing each aspect of the plan.
d. Include a list prioritizing the actions in Table 13-1, Wildlife Hazard Assessment, and specifying target dates for their initiation and completion.
e. Provide procedures to review and evaluate the wildlife hazard management plan every 12 consecutive months or following an event described in this section, including the plan's effectiveness in dealing with known wildlife hazards on and in the airfield's vicinity and aspects of the wildlife hazards described in the wildlife hazard assessment that should be reevaluated.
Table 13-1 Wildlife Hazard Assessment
| 1. Wildlife population management. |
| 2. Habitat modification. |
| 3. Land-use changes. |
| 4. Requirements for and, where applicable, copies of local, state, and Federal wildlife control permits. |
| 5. Identification of resources that the Center will provide to implement the plan. |
6. Procedures to be followed during aircraft operations that, at a minimum, include:
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13.5.1 Whenever the requirements of this NPR cannot be met to the extent that uncorrected, unsafe conditions exist on the airfield, the Center shall limit aircraft operations to those portions of the airfield not rendered unsafe by those conditions. [804]
In emergency conditions requiring immediate action for the protection of life or property, the Center may deviate from any requirement of this NPR or the Airfield Operations Manual to the extent required for the emergency. Each Center that deviates from a requirement under this paragraph shall, within 14 days after the emergency, notify HQ AMD and OSMA of the nature, extent, and duration of the deviation. [805] All events will be reported in accordance with NMIS criteria and procedures in NPR 8621.1. Appendix A. Definitions
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