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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 158.5 

aircraft in intrastate, interstate, or 
foreign commerce. 

PFC 

means a passenger facility 

charge covered by this part imposed by 
a public agency on passengers enplaned 
at a commercial service airport it con-
trols. 

PFC administrative support costs 

means the reasonable and necessary 
costs of developing a PFC application 
or amendment, issuing and maintain-
ing the required PFC records, and per-
forming the required audit of the pub-
lic agency’s PFC account. These costs 
may include reasonable monthly finan-
cial account charges and transaction 
fees. 

Project 

means airport planning, air-

port land acquisition or development of 
a single project, a multi-phased devel-
opment program, (including but not 
limited to development described in an 
airport capital plan) or a new airport 
for which PFC financing is sought or 
approved under this part. 

Public agency 

means a State or any 

agency of one or more States; a mu-
nicipality or other political subdivision 
of a State; an authority created by 
Federal, State or local law; a tax-sup-
ported organization; an Indian tribe or 
pueblo that controls a commercial 
service airport; or for the purposes of 
this part, a private sponsor of an air-
port approved to participate in the 
Pilot Program on Private Ownership of 
Airports. 

Round trip 

means a trip on a com-

plete air travel itinerary which termi-
nates at the origin point. 

Significant business interest 

means an 

air carrier or foreign air carrier that: 

(1) Had no less than 1.0 percent of 

passenger boardings at that airport in 
the prior calendar year, 

(2) Had at least 25,000 passenger 

boardings at the airport in that prior 
calendar year, or 

(3) Provides scheduled service at that 

airport. 

State 

means a State of the United 

States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, and Guam. 

Unliquidated PFC revenue 

means rev-

enue received by a public agency from 

collecting carriers but not yet used on 
approved projects. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34540, May 30, 
2000; Amdt. 158–3, 70 FR 14934, Mar. 23, 2005; 
Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28847, May 23, 2007] 

§ 158.5 Authority to impose PFC’s. 

Subject to the provisions of this part, 

the Administrator may grant author-
ity to a public agency that controls a 
commercial service airport to impose a 
PFC of $1, $2, $3, $4, or $4.50 on pas-
sengers enplaned at such an airport. No 
public agency may impose a PFC under 
this part unless authorized by the Ad-
ministrator. No State or political sub-
division or agency thereof that is not a 
public agency may impose a PFC cov-
ered by this part. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 
2000] 

§ 158.7 Exclusivity of authority. 

(a) A State, political subdivision of a 

State, or authority of a State or polit-
ical subdivision that is not the eligible 
public agency may not tax, regulate, 
prohibit, or otherwise attempt to con-
trol in any manner the imposition or 
collection of a PFC or the use of PFC 
revenue. 

(b) No contract or agreement be-

tween an air carrier or foreign air car-
rier and a public agency may impair 
the authority of such public agency to 
impose a PFC or use the PFC revenue 
in accordance with this part. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 
2000] 

§ 158.9 Limitations. 

(a) No public agency may impose a 

PFC on any passenger— 

(1) For more than 2 boardings on a 

one-way trip or in each direction of a 
round trip; 

(2) On any flight to an eligible point 

on an air carrier that receives essential 
air service compensation on that route. 
The Administrator makes available a 
list of carriers and eligible routes de-
termined by the Department of Trans-
portation for which PFC’s may not be 
imposed under this section; 

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§ 158.13 

(3) Who is a nonrevenue passenger or 

obtained the ticket for air transpor-
tation with a frequent flier award cou-
pon; 

(4) On flights, including flight seg-

ments, between 2 or more points in Ha-
waii; 

(5) In Alaska aboard an aircraft hav-

ing a certificated seating capacity of 
fewer than 60 passengers; or 

(6) Enplaning at an airport if the pas-

senger did not pay for the air transpor-
tation that resulted in the 
enplanement due to Department of De-
fense charter arrangements and pay-
ments. 

(b) No public agency may require a 

foreign airline that does not serve a 
point or points in the U.S. to collect a 
PFC from a passenger. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–2, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 
2000; Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28847, May 23, 2007] 

§ 158.11 Public agency request not to 

require collection of PFC’s by a 
class of air carriers or foreign air 
carriers or for service to isolated 
communities. 

(a) Subject to the requirements of 

this part, a public agency may request 
that collection of PFC’s not be re-
quired for— 

(1) Passengers enplaned by any class 

of air carrier or foreign air carrier if 
the number of passengers enplaned by 
the carriers in the class constitutes not 
more than one percent of the total 
number of passengers enplaned annu-
ally at the airport at which the fee is 
imposed; or 

(2) Passengers enplaned on a flight to 

an airport— 

(i) That has fewer than 2,500 pas-

senger boardings each year and re-
ceives scheduled passenger service; or 

(ii) In a community that has a popu-

lation of less than 10,000 and is not con-
nected by a land highway or vehicular 
way to the land-connected National 
Highway System within a State. 

(b) The public agency may request 

this exclusion authority under para-
graph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section or 
both. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2000–7402, 65 FR 34541, May 30, 
2000] 

§ 158.13 Use of PFC revenue. 

PFC revenue, including any interest 

earned after such revenue has been re-
mitted to a public agency, may be used 
only to finance the allowable costs of 
approved projects at any airport the 
public agency controls. 

(a) 

Total cost. 

PFC revenue may be 

used to pay all or part of the allowable 
cost of an approved project. 

(b) 

PFC administrative support costs. 

Public agencies may use PFC revenue 
to pay for allowable administrative 
support costs. Public agencies must 
submit these costs as a separate 
project in each PFC application. 

(c) 

Maximum cost for certain low-emis-

sion technology projects. 

If a project in-

volves a vehicle or ground support 
equipment using low emission tech-
nology eligible under § 158.15(b), the 
FAA will determine the maximum cost 
that may be financed by PFC revenue. 
The maximum cost for a new vehicle is 
the incremental amount between the 
purchase price of a new low emission 
vehicle and the purchase price of a 
standard emission vehicle, or the cost 
of converting a standard emission vehi-
cle to a low emission vehicle. 

(d) 

Bond-associated debt service and fi-

nancing costs. 

(1) Public agencies may 

use PFC revenue to pay debt service 
and financing costs incurred for a bond 
issued to carry out approved projects. 

(2) If the public agency’s bond docu-

ments require that PFC revenue be 
commingled in the general revenue 
stream of the airport and pledged for 
the benefit of holders of obligations, 
the FAA considers PFC revenue to 
have paid the costs covered in 
§ 158.13(d)(1) if— 

(i) An amount equal to the part of 

the proceeds of the bond issued to 
carry out approved projects is used to 
pay allowable costs of such projects; 
and 

(ii) To the extent the PFC revenue 

collected in any year exceeds the debt 
service and financing costs on such 
bonds during that year, an amount 
equal to the excess is applied as re-
quired by § 158.39. 

(e) 

Exception providing for the use of 

PFC revenue to pay for debt service for 
non-eligible projects. 

The FAA may au-

thorize a public agency under § 158.18 to 
impose a PFC for payments for debt