§ 300. Airport operations area, movement area, and secured area restrictions.

A.

Restrictions on persons.

1.

No person may, without an airport security badge issued in accordance with TSA Regulations, enter the air operations area, movement area, or any secured area(s) at Tulsa International Airport except persons escorted by a person displaying an appropriately-issued airport security badge and passengers who, under appropriate supervision, enter upon the apron for the purpose of enplaning or deplaning an aircraft.

2.

No person (including a person operating a motor vehicle or an aircraft) shall enter a movement area at the airport during the hours of operation of the air traffic control tower unless the person is in direct communication with the ATCT or is being directly escorted by authorized airport personnel.

3.

A person towing an aircraft from non-movement areas through movement areas at an airport shall establish, gain approval, and maintain contact with the ATCT and comply with the ATCT's directions.

4.

Operators of motor vehicles and aircraft shall not park motor vehicles or aircraft within the boundaries of a movement area, unless approved by ATCT.

5.

Parking of motor vehicles and aircraft on taxiways, taxilanes or object-free areas at the airport for loading or unloading activities shall be considered a secondary usage of such taxiways, taxilanes and object-free areas. Persons shall conduct such activities so that primary usage as a taxiway, taxilane or object-free area shall remain unimpaired and only for such period of time as is absolutely required to accomplish such activities.

B.

Operation of aircraft and helicopter engines.

1.

No aircraft engine shall be operated unless a licensed pilot or aircraft mechanic is attending the controls.

2.

Aircraft shall be started and run up to full power at an airport only in places designated for such purposes by the Director or as expressly authorized by the ATCT.

3.

While running up aircraft engines, pilots/mechanics shall not allow the propeller wash or jet stream to come into contact with buildings, airplanes, parking areas, or areas reserved for spectators.

4.

No person shall start the engine of any aircraft when there is gasoline or other flammable material on the ground under such aircraft.

5.

Helicopters operated at the airport shall have braking devices or rotor mooring blocks applied to the rotor blades.

C.

Taxiing aircraft or helicopter.

1.

No person shall taxi an aircraft except on areas designated for taxiing.

2.

Taxiing aircraft shall have the right-of-way at an airport over all self-propelled ground vehicles.

3.

Helicopters shall not be taxied, towed or otherwise moved at the airport, with rotors turning, unless there is a clear area of at least fifty (50) feet from the outer tip of each rotor and any other aircraft, movable object, or structure.

D.

Operation of motor vehicles.

1.

All operators of motor vehicles and all pedestrians shall obey traffic-control devices located on airport property which shall include all signs, all curbing, all mechanical signage, all paint marks placed on the surface of streets, ramps, aprons, taxiways, taxilanes, object-free areas, and all electrically controlled traffic signals or gates.

2.

The Director is authorized to establish motor vehicle speed limits and place traffic-control devices on areas of airport property other than streets which are dedicated for public use.

3.

Motor vehicles shall only be operated in designated streets, taxiways, taxilanes and marked ramp areas at the airport.

4.

No person shall drive any motor vehicle on airport property in excess of posted speed limits.

5.

All operators of motor vehicles operating within an object-free area shall give right-of-way to oncoming aircraft by either maintaining a safe distance ahead or behind the aircraft or by exiting the object-free area to let the aircraft pass.

(Ord. No. 22550, § 1, 10-20-2011)