New Jersey § 6:1-21

§ 6:1-21.

When used in this act: (a) “ Aeronautics ” means avigation of or transportation by aircraft; air instruction; the operation,

repair or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories; and the

design, construction, repair, maintenance, operation or management of airports, landing

fields, landing strips and other avigation facilities. (b) “ Avigation ” means the operating, steering, directing, or managing of aircraft in or through

the air and on the ground or water. (c) “ Aircraft ” means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for avigation

or flight in the air. (d) “ Public aircraft ” means an aircraft used exclusively in the service of any government or of any political

subdivision thereof, including the government of the United States, of the District

of Columbia, and of any state, territory or insular possession of the United States,

but not including any government-owned aircraft engaged in carrying for hire persons

or goods. (e) “ Civil aircraft ” means any aircraft other than a public aircraft. (f) “ Airport ” means any area of land, water, or both, which is used or made available for the

landing and take-off of aircraft, and which provides facilities for the shelter, supply

and repair of aircraft, and which, as to size, design, surface, marking, maintenance,

repair and management, meets the minimum requirements for the various classes of airports

established from time to time by the New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation. (g) (Deleted by amendment; P.L.1983, c. 264.) (h) “ Landing strip ” means any area of land, water, or both, other than an airport, which is used or

is made available for the landing and take-off of aircraft. (i) “ Air instruction ” means instruction in aeronautics or in the art or science of avigation or flight

of aircraft. (j) “ Fixed base operator ” means any person engaged in giving, offering to give, advertising, representing

or holding himself out as giving, to the public, with or without compensation or other

reward, air instruction and any person engaged in, but not limited to, the following

types of operation: flying club; dusting, spraying and seeding by aircraft; aircraft

maintenance or repair shop; banner towing; intrastate air carriers; sport parachute

center; air taxi, scheduled or charter; pipe or power line patrol; aerial photography;

fish spotting; aerial advertising (other than banner towing); and parachute repair

and rigging; but, the term “fixed base operator” shall not include air carriers operating

under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics

Board or any successor thereto. (k) “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, copartnership or other association of individuals. (l) “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of the State Department of Transportation. (m) “ Director ” means the State Director of Aeronautics in the Department of Transportation. (n) “Temporary landing area” means any area of land, water, or both, which is used

or made available for the landing and take-off of aircraft, and which, as to size,

design, surface, ownership and location, meets the minimum requirements established

from time to time by the Commissioner of Transportation. (o) The singular shall include the plural and any gender shall include every other

gender.