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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 171.211 

must be made under arrangements, sat-
isfactory to the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, that are made by the 
owner. 

§ 171.209 Installation requirements. 

(a) The facility must be installed ac-

cording to accepted good engineering 
practices, applicable electric and safe-
ty codes, and Federal Communications 
Commission requirements. 

(b) The facility must have a reliable 

source of suitable primary power. 

(c) Dual transmitting equipment may 

be required, if applicable, to support 
certain IFR procedures. 

(d) At facilities within or imme-

diately adjacent to controlled airspace 
and that are intended for use as instru-
ment approach aids for an airport, 
there must be ground-air communica-
tions or reliable communications (at 
least a landline telephone) from the 
airport to the nearest Federal Aviation 
Administration air traffic control or 
communication facility. Compliance 
with this paragraph need not be shown 
at airports where an adjacent Federal 
Aviation Administration facility can 
communicate with aircraft on the 
ground at the airport and during the 
entire proposed instrument approach 
procedure. In addition, at low traffic 
density airports within or immediately 
adjacent to controlled airspace, and 
where extensive delays are not a fac-
tor, the requirements of this paragraph 
may be reduced to reliable communica-
tions (at least a landline telephone) 
from the airport to the nearest Federal 
Aviation Administration air traffic 
control or communications facility, if 
an adjacent Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration facility can communicate with 
aircraft during the proposed instru-
ment approach procedure, at least 
down to the minimum en route alti-
tude for the controlled airspace area. 

[Doc. No. 10116, 35 FR 12716, Aug. 11, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 171–16, 56 FR 65665, Dec. 
17, 1991] 

§ 171.211 Maintenance and operations 

requirements. 

(a) The owner of the facility shall es-

tablish an adequate maintenance sys-
tem and provide qualified maintenance 
personnel to maintain the facility at 
the level attained at the time it was 

commissioned. Each person who main-
tains a facility shall meet at a min-
imum the Federal Communications 
Commission’s licensing requirements 
and show that he has the special 
knowledge and skills needed to main-
tain the facility, including proficiency 
in maintenance procedures and the use 
of specialized test equipment. 

(b) The owner must prepare, and ob-

tain approval of, and each person who 
operates or maintains the facility shall 
comply with, an operations and main-
tenance manual that sets forth proce-
dures for operations, preventive main-
tenance, and emergency maintenance, 
including instructions on each of the 
following: 

(1) Physical security of the facility. 
(2) Maintenance and operations by 

authorized persons only. 

(3) Federal Communications Commis-

sion’s requirements for operating and 
maintenance personnel. 

(4) Posting of licenses and signs. 
(5) Relations between the facility and 

Federal Aviation Administration air 
traffic control facilities, with a de-
scription of the boundaries of con-
trolled airspace over or near the facil-
ity, instructions for relaying air traffic 
control instructions and information 
(if applicable). 

(6) Notice to the Administrator of 

any suspension of service. 

(7) Detailed arrangements for main-

tenance, flight inspection, and serv-
icing, stating the frequency of serv-
icing. 

(8) Keeping of station logs and other 

technical reports, and the submission 
of reports required by § 171.213. 

(9) Monitoring of the facility, at least 

once each half hour, to assure contin-
uous operation. 

(10) Inspections by U.S. personnel. 
(11) Names, addresses, and telephone 

numbers of persons to be notified in an 
emergency. 

(12) Shutdowns for routine mainte-

nance and issue of ‘‘Notices to Airmen’’ 
for routine or emergency shutdowns 
(private use facilities may omit the 
‘‘Notice to Airmen’’). 

(13) Commissioning of the facility. 
(14) An acceptable procedure for 

amending or revising the manual. 

(15) The following information con-

cerning the facility: