Code of Virginia
Title 5.1 - Aviation

§ 5.1-1.6. Further powers and duties of Department; State Corporation Commission to administer Chapter 9 - A. The Department shall have the following powers and duties:...

§ 5.1-1.7. Suits to enjoin violations of title - The Department may seek to enjoin any act in violation...

§ 5.1-2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272.

§ 5.1-2.1. Virginia Aviation Commission continued as Virginia Aviation Board; membership; terms; Chairman - A. The Virginia Aviation Commission, a public body corporate and...

§ 5.1-2.2. Powers and duties of Board - The Board shall exercise the following powers and duties: 1....

§ 5.1-2.2:1. Further powers and duties of the Board - The Board shall have all the powers necessary or convenient...

§ 5.1-2.2:2. Commercial air service plan - A. The Board shall develop and review every five years...

§ 5.1-2.2:3. Transparency and accountability in the use of Commonwealth Aviation Fund revenues - A. By November 1 of each year, the Board shall...

§ 5.1-2.2:4. Transparency and accountability for use of Department and Board funds - A. Any (i) airport board, commission, authority, or body established...

§ 5.1-2.3. Meetings of Board; quorum - The Board shall meet at least once every three months,...

§ 5.1-2.4. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 728.

§ 5.1-2.5. Eminent domain; right of entry - The Board is hereby vested with the power of eminent...

§ 5.1-2.6. Disposal of airport, air navigation facility or other property - Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions...

§ 5.1-2.7. Revenue bonds generally - The Board is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance,...

§ 5.1-2.8. Trust agreement securing bonds - In the discretion of the Board any bonds issued under...

§ 5.1-2.9. Rents, fees and charges for services or use of facilities; use and disposition of revenues - The Board is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and...

§ 5.1-2.10. Moneys received deemed trust funds - All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter,...

§ 5.1-2.11. Proceedings by bondholder or trustee to enforce rights - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this...

§ 5.1-2.12. Bonds made securities for investment and deposit - Bonds issued by the Board under the provisions of this...

§ 5.1-2.13. Revenue refunding bonds; bonds for refunding and for cost of additional projects - The Board is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance...

§ 5.1-2.14. Contracts, leases, and other arrangements - A. In connection with the operation of an airport or...

§ 5.1-2.15. Resolutions, rules and regulations, etc. - The Board is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal such...

§ 5.1-2.16. Grants or loans of public or private funds - The Board is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse,...

§ 5.1-2.17. Exemptions from taxes or assessments; payments to county or city in lieu of taxes - The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will...

§ 5.1-2.18. Joint agency or authority; agreements authorized; terms - The Board may, to the extent permitted by law, enter...

§ 5.1-2.19. Same; governing body; officers and agents; powers generally - The agreement shall specify the composition of the governing body...

§ 5.1-2.20. Same; eminent domain - Eminent domain proceedings shall not be instituted by any joint...

§ 5.1-2.21. Same; disposal of airport or facility - The joint authority shall not dispose of any airport, airport...

§ 5.1-2.22. Acquisition of airport previously operated by United States - Whenever the Board shall acquire ownership and jurisdiction over any...

§ 5.1-2.23. Board as successor to Virginia Airports Authority - The Board is the successor in interest to that political...

§ 5.1-2.24. Applicability of certain sections - The provisions of §§ 5.1-2.5, 5.1-2.7, 5.1-2.8, 5.1-2.9, 5.1-2.10, 5.1-2.11,...

§ 5.1-3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272.

§ 5.1-4. Aircraft for use of Department; construction, etc., of aviation facilities by Department - Within the limits of appropriations made for such purposes, the...

§ 5.1-5. Registration of aircraft - A. Every resident of the Commonwealth owning a civil aircraft,...

§ 5.1-6. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 45.

§ 5.1-7. Licensing of airports and landing areas - Except as provided in § 5.1-7.2, every person, before operating...

§ 5.1-7.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 56.

§ 5.1-7.2. Registration of private landing areas not within five miles of commercial airport - Any person owning an area for landing any aircraft, which...

§ 5.1-7.3. Duty of care and liability for damages of owners of private landing areas - A. For the purposes of this section: "Fee" means any...

§ 5.1-8. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1995, cc. 682 and 690, effective October...

§ 5.1-9. Disposition of fees - All fees or sums collected by the Department under the...

§ 5.1-9.1. Certain privately owned airports declared to be works of public improvement; exemption from local taxation authorized - (a) Any public use privately owned airport in this Commonwealth,...

§ 5.1-9.2. Contract carriers; permit and registration required - No person shall operate or engage in the business of...

§ 5.1-9.3. Same; application for permit; fee; action of Department - Any person desiring a permit under this chapter shall file...

§ 5.1-9.4. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 45.

§ 5.1-9.5. Contract carriers; bonds, insurance or certificate of insurance required prior to issuance of registration or permit; securities deposited in lieu thereof - A. No registration or permit shall be issued by the...

§ 5.1-9.6. Same; duration and custody of bonds, etc. - Insurance policies, bonds, certificates of insurance, or federal, state, or...

§ 5.1-9.7. Same; condition of bond, etc. - The insurance bond, or other security, shall obligate the insurer...

§ 5.1-9.8. Same; effect of failure to give or maintain adequate security - Failure of any contract carrier holding a registration or permit...

§ 5.1-9.9. Same; duration of permits; suspension or revocation; penalty - A. Contract carrier permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall...

§ 5.1-10. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272.

§ 5.1-11. Government-owned aircraft - This article shall not apply to public aircraft owned by...

§ 5.1-12. Federally certificated airlines and interstate service - This article shall not apply to any aircraft operated by...

§ 5.1-13. Operation of aircraft while under influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs; reckless operation - Any person who shall operate any aircraft within the airspace...

§ 5.1-14. Operation of unregistered aircraft - Any person who operates or causes to be operated any...

§ 5.1-15. Operation of aircraft by unlicensed persons - Any person who operates any civil aircraft within the airspace...

§ 5.1-16. Tampering with, etc., airplanes or markings of airports, landing fields or other aeronautical facilities - It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with,...

§ 5.1-16.1. Misuse of licensed airports - It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to...

§ 5.1-17. Use of aircraft for hunting - It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, pursue...

§ 5.1-18. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 45.

§ 5.1-20. Pilot may restrain or arrest person interfering with operation of aircraft carrying passengers for hire - The pilot of any aircraft carrying passengers for hire, or...

§ 5.1-21. Powers of conservator of the peace conferred upon pilot - The pilot of any aircraft carrying passengers for hire while...

§ 5.1-21.1. Powers of conservators of the peace conferred upon airport managers or designees - The airport manager of any licensed Virginia airport or in...

§ 5.1-22. Interference with operation of aircraft; penalties; venue - Any person who interferes with or threatens to interfere with...

§ 5.1-23. Jurisdiction of local and State Police - The local police authorities of any city, incorporated town or...

§ 5.1-24. Penalties - Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter,...

§ 5.1-25. Operation of aircraft by nonresident - A nonresident of this Commonwealth may operate aircraft engaged in...

§ 5.1-25.1. Permit required for erection of certain structures - It shall be unlawful for any person to erect any...

§ 5.1-25.2. Application for permit; notice and hearing - Any person desiring to erect or cause to be erected...

§ 5.1-25.3. When permit issued or denied; conditions to issuance - The Board, if it finds that the erection of such...

§ 5.1-25.4. Injunctions - If any person commences the erection of a structure of...

Chapter 2 - Aviation Advisory Committee

§ 5.1-26. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272.

Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Airports Revolving Fund

§ 5.1-30.1. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:...

§ 5.1-30.2. Creation and management of Virginia Airports Revolving Fund - There shall be set apart as a permanent and perpetual...

§ 5.1-30.3. Deposit of money; expenditures; investments - All money belonging to the Fund shall be deposited in...

§ 5.1-30.4. Collection of money due Fund - The Authority is empowered to collect, or to authorize others...

§ 5.1-30.5. Loans to local governments - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, money in the...

§ 5.1-30.6. Pledge of loans to secure bonds of Authority - The Authority is empowered at any time and from time...

§ 5.1-30.7. Sale of loans - The Authority is empowered at any time and from time...

§ 5.1-30.8. Powers of the Authority - The Authority is authorized to do any act necessary or...

§ 5.1-30.9. Report to the General Assembly and Governor - The Board, in conjunction with the Authority, shall report annually...

§ 5.1-30.10. Liberal construction of chapter - The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to...

Chapter 3 - Municipal and County Airports and Other Air Navigation Facilities

§ 5.1-31. Authority to acquire, construct, maintain and operate; permission of Department required - All cities, incorporated towns and counties of the Commonwealth may...

§ 5.1-32. Easements and privileges outside of airport or landing field boundaries - Where necessary to provide unobstructed airspace for the landing and...

§ 5.1-33. Public purpose declared - Any lands, easements or privileges acquired, owned, controlled or occupied...

§ 5.1-34. Acquisition of property; exercise of right of eminent domain - Private property needed by any city, incorporated town or county...

§ 5.1-35. Powers may be exercised jointly by two or more political subdivisions - All powers, rights, and authority granted to counties, cities, and...

§ 5.1-36. Agreement for joint exercise of powers; governing board, etc., to act on behalf of political subdivisions; powers of board, etc. - The agreement provided for in § 5.1-35 may provide for...

§ 5.1-36.1. Contributions by counties to construction of certain airports - The governing body of any county is authorized to make...

§ 5.1-37. Public waters and submerged lands - The powers herein granted to counties, cities and towns include...

§ 5.1-38. Right to zone property not limited - The rights of any counties, cities or towns to zone...

§ 5.1-39. Use, disposal and termination of rights acquired - No easements, rights or privileges acquired under the terms of...

§ 5.1-39.1. Use of airport property for industrial development purposes - Notwithstanding § 5.1-39, any county, city, town, or airport commission...

§ 5.1-40. Lease of land acquired; approval by Department - Any political subdivision or privately owned, licensed public use airport...

§ 5.1-41. Operation by local governing body or special officer or board - The governing body, or other proper authority, of a county,...

§ 5.1-41.1. Local governing bodies authorized to require boarding fee - The governing body of any county, city or town which...

§ 5.1-42. Payment of purchase price or award for land acquired; issuance of bonds - The purchase price or award for real property acquired for...

§ 5.1-43. Expenses of construction, operation, etc., to be paid by political subdivision - The expenses of such construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation...

§ 5.1-44. Rules and regulations; fees and charges - The governing body of such city, town or county, or...

§ 5.1-45. Appropriations by local authorities - The governing body of any city, town or county to...

§ 5.1-46. Receipt and handling of federal and other funds - Any county, city or town in Virginia may accept, receive...

§ 5.1-47. Project and application to be approved by Department - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no county, city or...

§ 5.1-48. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 70.

Chapter 4 - Commonwealth Transportation Board

§ 5.1-49. Roads to airports and landing fields; cooperation with Department as to aviation facilities - The Department of Transportation is authorized to build roads to...

§ 5.1-50. Flight strips, airfields and roads requested by federal agency - In order to further the interests of national security, the...

Chapter 5 - Special Fund for Administration of Aviation Laws

§ 5.1-51. Special fund accumulated from taxes, fees, etc. - All funds accumulated from any special sales tax, excise tax...

§ 5.1-52. Expenditure for planning, construction and maintenance of airports and landing fields - Such special fund shall be expended and disbursed by order...

§ 5.1-53. Segregation and expenditure of amounts derived from taxes on motor fuel - The special fund created and provided for in § 5.1-51...

§ 5.1-54. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 272.

§ 5.1-55. Recurring expenditures on airports and landing fields - No part of such special fund shall be used for...

Chapter 6 - Virginia Airports Authority

§ 5.1-56. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 750.

Chapter 7 - Emplaning Service Fee

§ 5.1-77. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 721.

Chapter 8 - Financial Responsibility

§ 5.1-83. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 707.

Chapter 8.1 - Financial Responsibility

§ 5.1-88.1. Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for each aircraft - No aircraft, as defined in § 5.1-1 except a public...

§ 5.1-88.2. What constitutes proof of financial responsibility - A. The following shall constitute proof of financial responsibility as...

§ 5.1-88.3. Certain sections of Code incorporated by reference; definitions - The provisions of §§ 46.2-424, 46.2-447, 46.2-448, 46.2-449, 46.2-450, 46.2-451,...

§ 5.1-88.4. Cancellation of insurance or corporate surety bond - No policy of insurance or corporate surety bond issued pursuant...

§ 5.1-88.5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 588.

§ 5.1-88.6. Parachute jump training schools; disclosure of liability insurance coverage; penalty - A. Every person operating a parachute jump training school in...

Chapter 8.2 - Financial Responsibility of Owners of Airports and Landing Areas Required to Be Licensed

§ 5.1-88.7. Proof of financial responsibility to be furnished for licensed airports or landing areas - No airport or landing area shall be licensed by the...

§ 5.1-88.8. What constitutes proof of financial responsibility - The following shall constitute proof of financial responsibility as required...

§ 5.1-88.9. Certain sections of Code incorporated by reference; definitions - The provisions of §§ 46.2-424, 46.2-447 through 46.2-452, 46.2-456 through...

§ 5.1-88.10. Cancellation of insurance - No policy of insurance issued pursuant to this chapter may...

Chapter 9 - Air Carriers

§ 5.1-89. Definitions - Whenever used in this chapter unless expressly stated otherwise: (a)...

§ 5.1-90. Exempted aircraft - This chapter shall not be construed to cover or include...

§ 5.1-90.1. Incidental transportation of certain passengers and property by motor vehicle - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the...

§ 5.1-91. Air carriers to comply with chapter; subject to regulation by Commission - No air carrier shall operate any aircraft for the transportation...

§ 5.1-92. Regulation by Commission; reports; prevention of discrimination - The Commission shall supervise, regulate and control all air carriers,...

§ 5.1-93. Regulation of brokers - The Commission shall also regulate brokers and make and enforce...

§ 5.1-94. Required certificate of public convenience and necessity - No common carrier by aircraft or restricted common carrier by...

§ 5.1-95. Application for certificate; notices, etc. - The Commission shall prescribe the form of the application for...

§ 5.1-96. Fees in connection with certificates - Every air carrier, upon filing with the Commission an application...

§ 5.1-97. Hearing on application; action of Commission - Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of...

§ 5.1-98. Factors to be considered by the Commission in granting certificates - In granting certificates of public convenience and necessity pursuant to...

§ 5.1-99. Occasional deviations from authorized routes; emergency landings - A common carrier by aircraft, or a restricted common carrier...

§ 5.1-100. Transportation of baggage, mail, etc., with passengers - A certificate for the transportation of passengers may include, when...

§ 5.1-101. Chartered parties covered by common carriers - Any common carrier by aircraft transporting passengers under a certificate...

§ 5.1-102. Schedule changes require Commission approval - A common carrier by aircraft or a restricted common carrier...

§ 5.1-103. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 721.

§ 5.1-107. Issuance of temporary authority by Commission pending hearing on application for certificate - To enable the provision of service for which there is...

§ 5.1-108. When broker's license required - No person shall for compensation sell or offer for sale...

§ 5.1-109. Application for broker's license - The Commission shall prescribe the form of application for a...

§ 5.1-110. Hearing on such application and action thereon - Upon the filing of an application for a broker's license...

§ 5.1-111. Authority over brokers; bond - The Commission shall have the same authority over persons operating...

§ 5.1-112. Broker's license not substitute for other certificates or permits required - No person who holds a broker's license under this chapter...

§ 5.1-113. Duration of certificates, registrations, etc.; suspension, revocation, or amendment; penalties - Certificates, permits, registrations, and licenses issued under the provisions of...

§ 5.1-114. Transfer or lease of certificate - Any certificate issued under this chapter may be transferred or...

§ 5.1-115. No value allowed for certificates - No value shall be allowed for any purpose for any...

§ 5.1-116. Bonds, insurance or certificate of insurance required prior to issuance of certificate or permit - No certificate or permit shall be issued by the Commission...

§ 5.1-117. Bonds or insurance to be kept in force - Each holder of a certificate or permit issued by the...

§ 5.1-118. Policies, bonds or certificates to be filed with Commission; securities deposited in lieu thereof - Each holder of a certificate or permit issued by the...

§ 5.1-119. Condition of bond, etc. - The insurance bond, or other security, shall obligate the insurer...

§ 5.1-120. Effect of failure to give security - Failure of any holder of a certificate or permit issued...

§ 5.1-121. Duties of carriers of passengers as to through routes, equipment, rates, regulations, etc. - Every common carrier or restricted common carrier of passengers by...

§ 5.1-122. Duties of carriers of property as to service, rates and regulations - Every common carrier or restricted common carrier of property by...

§ 5.1-123. Through routes, joint rates, etc., not required may be established - Common carriers or restricted common carriers of property by aircraft...

§ 5.1-124. Undue preference not permitted - It shall be unlawful for any common carrier or restricted...

§ 5.1-125. Complaints; action of Commission thereon or on own initiative - Any person, state board, organization, or body politic may make...

§ 5.1-126. Establishment of through routes, etc., by Commission - The Commission shall, whenever deemed by it to be necessary...

§ 5.1-127. Prescribing divisions of joint rates - Whenever, after hearing, upon complaint or upon its own initiative,...

§ 5.1-128. New rate schedule; hearing; suspension; action thereon - Whenever there shall be filed with the Commission any schedule...

§ 5.1-129. Goodwill, certificate, etc., not element of value in rate making - In any proceeding to determine the justness or reasonableness of...

§ 5.1-130. Criteria for establishment of rates - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and...

§ 5.1-131. Other remedies not extinguished - Nothing in the preceding nine sections (§§ 5.1-122 through 5.1-130)...

§ 5.1-132. Tariffs showing rates, fares and charges, etc. - Every common carrier and restricted common carrier by aircraft shall...

§ 5.1-133. Unlawful to charge other than published tariff - No common carrier or restricted common carrier by aircraft shall...

§ 5.1-134. Changes in tariffs, etc. - No change shall be made in any rate, fare, charge,...

§ 5.1-135. No transportation except when rates have been filed and published - No common carrier or restricted common carrier by aircraft, unless...

§ 5.1-136. Free passes or reduced rates - No air carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter...

§ 5.1-137. Payment of rates and charges before delivery of freight - No common carrier or restricted common carrier by aircraft shall...

§ 5.1-138. Liability for additional charges - When any common carrier by aircraft is instructed by a...

§ 5.1-139. Commission may enter judgment for refunds due public and collect and distribute same - If any air carrier or broker, upon the final decision...

§ 5.1-140. Unlawful to disclose certain information - It shall be unlawful for any air carrier or broker...

§ 5.1-141. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 137.

§ 5.1-142. Reports, records, etc. - (a) The Commission is hereby authorized to require annual, periodic,...

§ 5.1-143. Reports of accidents - It shall be the duty of the manager, agent or...

§ 5.1-144. Certificate or permit holder not relieved of liability for negligence - Nothing in this chapter shall relieve any holder of a...

§ 5.1-145. Enforcement under Department of State Police or Commission; concurrent jurisdiction for investigations of accidents - The enforcement of any provision of this chapter requiring the...

§ 5.1-146. Violations and penalties - (a) Any person knowingly and willfully violating any provision of...

§ 5.1-147. Disposition of fees or sums collected - All fees or sums collected by the Commission under the...

§ 5.1-148. Employees of Commission not to have interest in carriers - No employee of the Commission appointed or employed in the...

§ 5.1-149. No property rights in airspace conferred by chapter - Nothing in this chapter shall confer any proprietary or property...

§ 5.1-150. Licenses, registrations, taxes, etc., not affected - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any...

§ 5.1-151. Right to amend, revoke, etc., rights, certificates or franchises - The right and power of the General Assembly to amend,...

Chapter 10 - Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

§ 5.1-152. Definitions - For the purposes of this act, the following terms and...

§ 5.1-153. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority created - There is hereby created the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, hereafter...

§ 5.1-154. Acquisition of airports; approval - The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority created by this act is...

§ 5.1-155. Membership; terms; officers - A. The Authority shall consist of 17 members: seven appointed...

§ 5.1-156. Powers and duties of the Authority - A. For the purpose of acquiring, operating, maintaining, developing, promoting...

§ 5.1-157. Authority rules and regulations; penalty - A. The Authority shall have the power to adopt, amend,...

§ 5.1-158. Police - A. The Commonwealth hereby grants, accepts and agrees to concurrent...

§ 5.1-159. Operation of foreign trade zone - The Authority is authorized and empowered to establish, operate and...

§ 5.1-160. Acquisition of property; eminent domain - A. The Authority is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase,...

§ 5.1-161. Revenue bonds - The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for...

§ 5.1-162. Refunding bonds - The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for...

§ 5.1-163. Pledge of funds - All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this act,...

§ 5.1-164. Marketability of bonds - The Authority is authorized and empowered to exercise all or...

§ 5.1-165. Bonds as legal investments and security for public deposits - Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this...

§ 5.1-166. Credit of Commonwealth and political subdivisions not pledged - Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall...

§ 5.1-167. Trust agreement - In the discretion of the Authority, any bonds issued under...

§ 5.1-168. Revenues - The Authority is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge and...

§ 5.1-169. Trust funds - All proceeds from the sale of bonds and revenues derived...

§ 5.1-170. Annual audit - The Authority shall keep suitable records of all its financial...

§ 5.1-171. Remedies - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this...

§ 5.1-172. Exemption from taxation - The exercise of the powers granted by this act shall...

§ 5.1-173. Jurisdiction of courts; liability for contracts and torts - A. The courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall have...

§ 5.1-174. Procurement Act exemption - In light of the multijurisdictional nature of the Authority, an...

§ 5.1-175. Act liberally construed - This act, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth...

§ 5.1-176. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.

§ 5.1-177. Inconsistent laws inapplicable - All other general or special laws inconsistent with any provision...

§ 5.1-178. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 377, cl....

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Title 5.1 - Aviation