Aircraft (Landing and Parking Fees) Regulations

AIRCRAFT (LANDING AND PARKING FEES) REGULATIONS

PUBLISHING DETAILS Consolidated with the Aircraft Landing and Parking Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 made the 25th August, 1981 Aircraft Landing and Parking Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 made the 15th February, 1983 Aircraft Landing and Parking Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 made the 31st December, 1985 Aircraft Landing and Parking Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 made the 30th October, 1990 Aircraft Landing and Parking Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 made the 9th April, 1991 Aircraft Landing and Parking Fees (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 made the 11th October, 1994 Consolidated and revised this 4th day of April, 1995.

Arrangement of Regulations

AIRCRAFT (LANDING AND PARKING FEES) REGULATIONS Arrangement of Regulations Regulation Landing Fees Parking Fees

Regulation 1

AIRCRAFT (LANDING AND PARKING FEES) REGULATIONS

Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Aircraft (Landing and Parking Fees) Regulations (1995 Revision). Definitions In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires — “aircraft” means a machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reaction of the air over its lifting surfaces; “airports” mean Owen Roberts Airport in Grand Cayman and Gerrard-Smith Airport in Cayman Brac; “Director” means the Director of Civil Aviation; and “weight of aircraft” means the maximum all-up weight as specified in the Certificate of Airworthiness or other prescribed document. Payment of fees It is the duty of the pilot in command of an aircraft to pay to the Air Traffic Control Officer on duty all fees due before the departure of such aircraft from the airport:

Provided that certain air carriers and private aircraft owners or operators may, with the agreement of the Director in writing, pay such fees not later than one month in arrears. Landing and parking fees The fees prescribed in the First Schedule are the landing fees and the fees prescribed in the Second Schedule are the parking fees payable in respect of aircraft operating into and out of the airports: Provided that the Director may generally or in any particular case waive such landing and parking fees or any part thereof. Exemptions Military and State aircraft are exempt from payment of landing fees. Annual fees (1) The Director may issue to the owner or operator of a locally-registered aircraft which is used exclusively for private, pleasure or domestic purposes, the weight of which does not exceed eight thousand pounds, a landing and parking fees card valid for one year on the payment by such owner or operator of the sum of seven hundred dollars. (2) An aircraft in respect of which a landing and parking fees card issued under sub-regulation (1) is in force is, for the purpose of using the airport for which the card is valid during the hours promulgated from time to time, exempt from the payment of the landing and parking fees prescribed in the First and Second Schedules. Calculation of parking fees Fees for aircraft parked at owner’s risk are payable in respect of each period of twenty-four hours occurring after the elapse of a period of one hour commencing from the time that the aircraft landed at the airport and are calculated by reference to the weight of the aircraft and prescribed in the Second Schedule.

Landing Fees Weight of Aircraft Landing Fee Not exceeding 4,000 lbs Exceeding 4,000 lbs but not exceeding 6,000 lbs Exceeding 6,000 lbs but not exceeding 8,000 1bs Exceeding 8,000 lbs but not exceeding 10,000 lbs Exceeding l0,000 lbs plus $1.75 per 1,000 lbs or part thereof in excess of 10,000 lbs: Provided that in the case of any aircraft landing- (a) at peak periods between 1100 hours and 1600 hours, the landing fee shall be increased by twenty-five per cent; (b) between 1900 hours and 0700 hours, the landing fee shall be increased by fifty per cent; in excess of 100 times per month at any of the airports, the fee may, at the discretion of the Director, be reduced by up to a maximum of fifty per cent of the fee for each landing in excess of 100.

Parking Fees Calculation of parking fees Weight of Aircraft Parking Fee Not exceeding 10,000 lbs Exceeding 10,000 lbs but not exceeding 30,000 lbs Exceeding 30,000 lbs but not exceeding 60,000 lbs Exceeding 60,000 lbs but not exceeding 90,000 lbs Exceeding 90,000 lbs but not exceeding 120,000 lbs Exceeding 120,000 lbs but not exceeding 180,000 lbs Exceeding 180,000 lbs but not exceeding 240,000 lbs Exceeding 240,000 lbs but not exceeding 300,000 lbs Exceeding 300,000 lbs but not exceeding 360,000 lbs Exceeding 360,000 lbs but not exceeding 420,000 lbs Exceeding 420,000 lbs but not exceeding 480,000 lbs Exceeding 480,000 lbs but not exceeding 540,000 lbs Exceeding 540,000 lbs but not exceeding 600,000 lbs Exceeding 600,000 lbs Provided that in the case of an aircraft, the weight of which does not exceed ten thousand pounds, used exclusively for private, pleasure or domestic purposes and remaining in the Islands continuously for a period of at least thirty days, the owner or operator thereof may opt to pay in lieu a parking fee of seventy-five dollars on the last day of every such period.

Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Governor in Council this 4th day of April, 1995. Mona N. Banks-Jackson Clerk of Executive Council