[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR170.13]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 170_ESTABLISHMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE CRITERIA FOR AIR TRAFFIC 

CONTROL SERVICES AND NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart B_Airport Traffic Control Towers

 

Sec. 170.13  Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) establishment criteria.



    (a) The following criteria along with general facility establishment 

standards must be met before an airport can qualify for an ATCT:

    (1) The airport, whether publicly or privately owned, must be open 

to and available for use by the public as defined in the Airport and 

Airway Improvement Act of 1982;

    (2) The airport must be recognized by and contained within the 

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems;

    (3) The airport owners/authorities must have entered into 

appropriate assurances and covenants to guarantee that the airport will 

continue in operation for a long enough period to permit the 

amortization of the ATCT investment;

    (4) The FAA must be furnished appropriate land without cost for 

construction of the ATCT; and

    (5) The airport must meet the benefit-cost ratio criteria specified 

herein utilizing three consecutive FAA annual counts and projections of 

future traffic during the expected life of the tower facility. (An FAA 

annual count is a fiscal year or a calendar year activity summary. Where 

actual traffic counts are unavailable or not recorded, adequately 

documented FAA estimates of the scheduled and nonscheduled activity may 

be used.)

    (b) An airport meets the establishment criteria when it satisfies 

paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(5) of this section and its benefit-cost 

ratio equals or exceeds one. As defined in Sec. 170.3 of this part, the 

benefit-cost ratio is the ratio of the present value of the ATCT life 

cycle benefits (BPV) to the present value of ATCT life cycle costs 

(CPV).



BPV/CPV=1.0



    (c) The satisfaction of all the criteria listed in this section does 

not guarantee that the airport will receive an ATCT.