FAA New Airport Compliance Manual Order 5130.6B for AirportOperations

From AOPA (see Chapter 14 re. glider operations).

This will be very important reading for glider operators / clubs
sharing public use airports that have received Federal grants. (See
"Grant Assurances".)

On the FAA website at: http://www.faa.gov/airports/resource...liance_5190_6/


The FAA’s Airport Compliance Manual is receiving a long overdue
update. The agency recently released FAA Order 5130.6B, known as the
Airport Compliance Manual, which replaces the 1989 edition. With the
new updates, the manual, which provides FAA officials and airport
sponsors with guidance on how to comply with federal grant assurances
and analyze potential assurance violations, totals nearly 700 pages.
That’s up from slightly more than 62 in the 1989 version.

AOPA met with the FAA’s acting associate administrator for airports in
September to discuss updates to the manual. As the agency assured
AOPA, the manual is open for comment in the Federal Register. Comments
will be accepted until March 31, 2010, and the FAA has committed to
reviewing all submissions to see if the manual needs to be further
updated.

“This is a massive rewrite of a very complex technical document melded
with federal law,” said Bill Dunn, AOPA vice president of local
airport advocacy. “AOPA is carefully, deliberately reviewing each
detail in the new manual and will submit comments to the FAA.”