[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR766.6]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 766_USE OF DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AVIATION FACILITIES BY CIVIL 
AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 766.6  Approving authority for landings at Navy/Marine Corps 
aviation facilities.

    (a) Except as indicated in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, 
the commanding officer of an active Navy/Marine Corps aviation facility 
may approve or disapprove landings of civil aircraft at his facility 
when such landing is:
    (1) Directly connected with or in support of U.S. Government 
business (except those listed in paragraph (c) of this section).
    (2) In connection with U.S. Government or community interests on an 
infrequent basis when no adequate civil airport is reasonably available.
    (3) By aircraft owned and operated by Navy/Marine Corps Flying Clubs 
or U.S. Army or Air Force Aero Clubs which are operated as 
instrumentalities of the U.S. Government.
    (4) By aircraft owned and operated by U.S. Government personnel when 
such use is in accordance with Sec. 766.4(b) (1) and (2).
    (5) By civil aircraft either owned or personally chartered by:

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    (i) The President or Vice President of the United States or a past 
President of the United States.
    (ii) The head of any Federal department or agency.
    (iii) A Member of Congress.
    (6) By a bailed, leased, or loaned aircraft (as defined in Sec. 
766.2) when operated in connection with official business only.
    (7) By aircraft owned and operated by States, counties, or 
municipalities of the United States when used for official business of 
the owner.
    (b) Except as limited by paragraph (c) of this section, the 
Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe; Chief of Naval Material; 
Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Commander in Chief, U.S. 
Pacific Fleet; Chief of Naval Air Training; Commander, Pacific Missile 
Range; Commander, Marine Corps Air Bases, Eastern Area; Commander, 
Marine Corps Air Bases, Western Area; and Commanding General, Fleet 
Marine Force, Pacific may approve civil aircraft use of any active 
aviation facility under their control. (At overseas locations, aircraft 
landing authorizations must be in consonance with the provisions of 
applicable international agreements.)
    (c) The Chief of Naval Operations may approve any of the above 
requests, and is the only agency empowered to approve all other requests 
for use of naval facilities by civil and government aircraft, for 
example:
    (1) Applications for use of more than one facility when the 
facilities are not under the control of one major command.
    (2) Application for use of naval aviation facilities when 
participating in U.S. Government or Department of Defense single-manager 
contract and charter airlift operations; i.e., Military Airlift Command 
(MAC) or Military Traffic Management and Terminal Service (MTMTS).
    (3) Application for a facility to be used as a regular civil 
airfield for a community, by either commercial or general aviation.
    (4) Requests for use of a facility by foreign civil or government 
aircraft when:
    (i) Such use is not covered by an agreement between the U.S. 
Government and the government of the aircraft's registry, or
    (ii) The facility is located in a country other than that in which 
the foreign aircraft is registered.