Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Governing scope
This Decree regulates limits on obstruction heights with respect to military airfields, general aviation airports and battlefields for management and protection of airspace; warnings about obstacles; construction planning of military airfields, general aviation airports and battlefields for management and protection of airspace; regulations on man-made structure heights; responsibility of agencies, organizations, and individuals for ensuring safety and effectiveness of aviation activities, battlefields for management and protection of airspace in Vietnam.
Article 2. Regulated entities
This Decree applies to Vietnamese agencies, organizations, and individuals and foreign organizations and individuals involved in management of obstruction heights and battlefields for management and protection of airspace in Vietnam.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, some terms are construed as follows:
1. Obstacles mean natural or man-made objects (fixed or mobile) that may have effects on aviation safety or normal operation of communications stations, radar navigation and battlefields for management and protection of airspace.
2. Management of obstruction heights refers to a collection of tasks: Carry out approval for heights of man-made structures, inspection, monitoring and moving objects, make public announcement about obstacles to relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals to ensure aviation safety, normal activities of battlefields for management and protection of airspace.
3. Airports mean areas constructed to facilitate takeoff, landing and maneuver of planes, including:
Airports in operation;
b) Airports expected to be constructed under planning, defined in national airports system;
c) Takeoff and landing areas intended for helicopters taking off and landing;
d) Airport roads refer to amphibious traffic roads that may be intended for planes taking off and landing in case of need;
4. In terms of use, airports are classified into:
Military airfields;
b) General aviation airports (used for civilian and military purposes)
5. Battlefields for management and protection of airspace refer to areas defined for the management, detection and supervision of air navigation and protection of airspace
6. Runway means an area in the airport intended for planes to land and take off.
7. Runway thresholds are markings across the runway that denote the beginning and end of the designated space for landing and takeoff.
8. Danger warning lights are lights used to warn of aviation dangers.
9. Runway end safety area is an extended area of the runway prepared for or suitable for reducing the risk of loss of safety to planes while landing and taking off.
10. Lateral runway safety area is part of the runway strip extended outward to both sides of the runway prepared for reducing the risk of loss of safety to planes performing landing and takeoff.
11. Aerodrome Reference Point is the point defined for determination of position of the airport.
13. Airport vicinity airspace is space within 30 km in radius with the central point as aerodrome reference point.
14. Brittle objects mean the objects that are designed and manufactured with a view to reducing danger for planes when in collision.
15. Shielding means an obstacle that exists alongside another higher obstacle according to the principle of hiding behind something else.
16. Obstacle limitation surface means the surface restricting maximum height of objects to ensure safety for planes performing phases of taking off, ascending, flying in circles, descending, landing; ensure normal operations of battlefields for management and protection of airspace.
17. Runway strip means rectangular area with the dimensions as prescribed in Annexes I and II hereof.
18. Obstruction warnings are painted markings, warning lights, markers, flag markers displayed on obstacles for pilots to notice from a safe distance in all direction.
19. Airport clearance is safety space for planes to perform phases of taking off, ascending, descending, landing and moving on airport roads of the airport.
Article 4. Construction planning for military airfields, general aviation airports and battlefields for management and protection of airspace
1. Construction planning of military airfields (including military airfields, takeoff and landing areas, runways), general aviation airports and battlefields for management and protection of airspace should be in compliance with Fatherland protection strategy and provisions prescribed in Section 1, Chapter II hereof, and meet demands for the country’s socio-economic development.
2. Areas for the construction of military airfields and battlefields for management and protection of airspace should comply with the Law on Land and regulations on airway obstruction heights as prescribed hereof.
3. Construction works that exist before the effective date of this Decree and may have effects on military and general aviation airports and battlefields for management and protection of airspace should be reviewed and handled according to laws.
4. The Prime Minister shall grant approval for master plan for development of general aviation airports and military airfields. The Minister of National Defense shall grant approval for the master plan for battlefield network of management and protection of airspace.
5. Ministries, departments and localities upon establishing, assessing and approving the planning for the construction of urban areas, high-rise buildings, industrial infrastructure areas should apply for approval of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army on management of clearance altitudes.
Article 5. Prohibited acts
1. Acts as prescribed in Points c, g, h, I, k, n, Clause 1, Article 12 of the Law on Civil aviation;
2. Grant licenses for construction, installation of works without approval of competent agencies as prescribed in Clause 5, Article 4, Article 14 and Article 16 hereof;
3. Fail to implement or implement in an improper way aviation warnings for the works as prescribed in Article 8 and Annex IV hereof unless otherwise as regulated by the Ministry of Defense.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 20/2009/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)