[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1204.1401]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1204_ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND POLICY--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 14_Use of NASA Airfield Facilities by Aircraft Not Operated for 
                  the Benefit of the Federal Government
 
Sec. 1204.1401  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this subpart, the following definitions apply:
    (a) NASA Airfield Facility. Those aeronautical facilities owned and 
operated by NASA that consist of the following:
    (1) Shuttle Landing Facility. The aeronautical facility which is a 
part of the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Kennedy Space Center, 
Florida, and is located at 80[deg]41[min] west longitude and 
28[deg]37[min] north latitude.
    (2) Wallops Airport. The aeronautical facility which is part of the 
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA, and is located at 
75[deg]28[min] west longitude and 37[deg]56[min] north latitude in the 
general vicinity of Chincoteague, Virginia.
    (3) Moffett Federal Airfield (MFA). The aeronautical facility which 
is part of the Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, and is 
located at 122[deg]03[min] west longitude and 37[deg]25[min] north 
latitude.
    (4) Crows Landing Airport. The aeronautical facility which is a part 
of the Crows Landing Flight Facility (CLEF) and is located at 
121[deg]06[min] west longitude and 37[deg]25[min] north latitude, 45 
miles east of the Ames Research Center.
    (b) Aircraft not Operated for the Benefit of the Federal Government. 
Aircraft which are not owned or leased by the United States Government 
or aircraft carrying crew members or passengers who do not have official 
business requiring the use of a NASA airfield facility in the particular 
circumstance in question.
    (c) Official Business. Business, in the interest of the U.S. 
Government, which

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personnel aboard an aircraft must transact with U.S. Government 
personnel or organizations at or near a NASA facility. The use of a NASA 
airfield facility by transient aircraft to petition for U.S. Government 
business or to obtain clearance, servicing, or other items pertaining to 
itinerant operations is not considered official business.
    (d) User. An individual partnership or corporation owning, 
operating, or using an aircraft not operated for the benefit of the 
Federal Government in whose name permission to use a NASA airfield 
facility is to be requested and granted.
    (e) Hold Harmless Agreement. An agreement executed by the user by 
which the user acknowledges awareness of the conditions of the 
permission to use a NASA airfield facility, assumes any risks connected 
therewith, and releases the U.S. Government from all liability incurred 
by the use of such facility.
    (f) Use Permit. The written permission signed by the authorized 
approving official to land, take off, and otherwise use a NASA airfield 
facility. Such use permit may be issued for single or multiple 
occasions. The specific terms of the use permit and the provisions of 
this subpart govern the use which may be made of the airport by aircraft 
not operated for the benefit for the Federal Government.
    (g) Certificate of Insurance. A certificate signed by an authorized 
insurance company representative (or a facsimile of an insurance policy) 
evidencing that insurance is then in force with respect to any aircraft 
not operated for the benefit of the Federal Government, the user of 
which is requesting permission to use a NASA airfield facility (see 
Sec. 1204.1404(b)).

[56 FR 35812, July 29, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 37567, July 21, 1995]