Section 105 IAC 3-4-3 - Standards for certified ultralight flightparksAuthority: IC 8-23-2-6
Affected: IC 8-21-1
Sec. 3.
(a) In determining whether it shall issue certification of an ultralight flightpark, the Indiana department of transportation may take into consideration the following:(1) The proposed: (D) expansion options; and(2) The nature of the terrain.(3) The nature of the uses to which the proposed certified ultralight flightpark will be put.(4) Such other factors as, under the circumstances, it regards as having an important bearing thereon, including the physical safety standards prescribed in subsection (d) and any Federal Aviation Administration recommendations from an airspace determination.(b) Certification of an ultralight flightpark may be granted with such restrictions and limitations as the Indiana department of transportation deems reasonable and necessary for safe flightpark operations. Examples could include restrictions on nighttime operations or traffic pattern limitations.(c) The certification of an ultralight flightpark will not occur if the local governing body has adopted a zoning ordinance and has not given land use approval to establish a certified ultralight flightpark at such site.(d) All certified ultralight flightparks must be inspected at every two (2) years by the Indiana department of transportation and must conform to the physical safety standards established in this subsection prior to receiving state certification. Compliance with these minimum safety standards is required at all times in order to maintain state certification. The physical safety standards shall be as follows: | (1) Physical standards as follows: | |
| Minimum usable runway length | 1,000 feet |
| Minimum width for: | |
| Paved runway | 40 feet |
| Turf runway | 60 feet |
| *Runway safety area | 150 feet |
| Minimum distance between runway centerline and: | |
| Building restriction line | 150 feet |
| Edge of tie-down area | 125 feet |
| Taxiway centerline | 100 feet |
| Approach and departure surface width at: | |
| **Threshold of runway | 150 feet |
| 3,000 feet from the threshold | 350 feet |
*Although the minimum safety standard width for a runway safety area is one hundred fifty (150) feet, low crops, such as soybeans, alfalfa, and wheat, may be grown within the runway safety area beginning no closer than fifty (50) feet from the runway centerline. High crops, such as corn and sorghum, must not be grown in the one hundred fifty (150) foot runway safety area.
**All crops are considered a ten (10) foot obstruction because of transient farm machinery used in farming the crops. Therefore, no crops may be grown in the area crosshatched in the illustration below:
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(2) A certified ultralight flightpark that has two (2) or more intersecting runways where ultralights must operate out of the sight of each other must have warning signs posted at the departure end of each runway or at the taxiway entrance to the runway. The warning signs must be clearly visible and distinguishable from at least one hundred (100) feet away and shall include language that clearly indicates the inherent danger. The language recommended by the department is "Warning: Ultralights Using Runway 9/27 Cannot Be Seen.".(3) Ultralight flightpark and runway markings as follows:(A) All paved runways must be marked with runway numbers and centerline.(B) Boundary markers for turf runways will be required if the usable landing area is not clearly defined as observed from an altitude of one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet above ground level. Markers must consist of orange traffic cones or such other material approved by the Indiana department of transportation.(C) Turf runway thresholds must be marked with orange traffic cones or such material approved by the Indiana department of transportation and must consist of three (3) cones placed perpendicular to the runway centerline on both sides of the runway, located no further than ten (10) feet from the longitudinal edges of the runway.(D) Threshold markers for all runways, whether paved or turf, must be located such that they will provide, at a minimum, the following:(i) Fifteen (15) feet vertical clearance over all public use roads at a fifteen (15) to one (1) glide angle taken from such threshold.(ii) Twenty-three (23) feet vertical clearance over all railroads at a fifteen (15) to one (1) glide angle taken from such threshold.(iii) At a fifteen (15) to one (1) glide angle commencing at such thresholds, clearance over all objects within the approach and departure surface symmetrical about the extended centerline of the runway for a distance of three thousand (3,000) feet from such thresholds. (See also subdivision (1).)(4) In addition to complying with the physical safety standards set forth in this subsection, all certified ultralight flightpark owners and operators shall continuously maintain ultralight operational areas on the ultralight flightpark. All operational areas on the ultralight flightpark should be inspected at least once a day. In addition, it is the responsibility of the ultralight flightpark owner or operator to identify, assess, and disseminate information by notices to airmen through the appropriate Federal Aviation Administration Flight Service Station concerning conditions on or in the vicinity of the ultralight flightpark that affect the safe operation of ultralights.(5) No night operations will be permitted at certified ultralight flightparks.(6) All certified ultralight flightparks must have and maintain the following:(A) At least one (1) wind direction indicator that shows a true indication of the wind on the landing area and is readily visible to ultralights.(B) A telephone must be made available during operational hours.(C) An approved segmented circle with runway turn indicators when a nonstandard traffic pattern is used.(D) A suitable area for parking automobiles, adequately marked off or fenced to prevent dangerous overrunning of the landing area and ultralight parking area.(E) A copy of current ultralight flightpark safety rules and regulations posted conspicuously at the ultralight flightpark and filed with the Indiana department of transportation. The ultralight flightpark rules and regulations should address the following: (i) Air traffic patterns.(iii) Calm wind runway usage.(iv) Any emergency readiness programs. Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 3-4-3; filed Feb 18, 1998, 9:45 a.m.: 21 IR 2319; readopted filed Nov 7, 2001, 3:20 p.m.: 25 IR 899; readopted filed Jun 14, 2007, 2:45 p.m.: 20070627-IR-105070237RFA; readopted filed Oct 2, 2013, 11:39 a.m.: 20131030-IR-105130295RFAReadopted filed 10/4/2019, 9:49 a.m.: 20191030-IR-105190422RFA