AIR CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of May 16, 2006 No. 117-Z

Accepted by the House of Representatives on April 3, 2006

Approved by Council of the Republic on April 24, 2006

The air code of the Republic of Belarus establishes legal and organizational basis of use of airspace of the Republic of Belarus and implementation of activities in the field of aircraft for the purpose of ensuring needs of citizens and economy, defense and safety of the state.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. The main terms and their determinations applied in this Code

For the purposes of of this Code the following main terms and their determinations are applied:

model aircraft – the aircraft without person onboard whose flight control is possible only on condition of visual contact with it, and also the uncontrollable svobodnoletayushchy device;

aviation safety – condition of security of aircraft from acts of illegal intervention in its activities;

the aviation organization – the organization having the purposes of the activities accomplishment and (or) servicing of airborne transportations, accomplishment of aviation works, implementation of other types of activity in the field of aircraft;

aviation event – the aviation incident or incident, other incidents classified as aviation event according to aviation rules;

aviation rules – the regulatory legal acts, obligatory for observance, regulating the activities connected with use of airspace of the Republic of Belarus and also activities in the field of aircraft;

aviation works – the works performed with use of flights of aircrafts in agricultural industry, construction and also for environmental protection, delivery of health care and other purposes;

aviation personnel – the citizens of the Republic of Belarus, foreign citizens, stateless persons (further – citizens) having special preparation and performing activities for safety of flights of aircrafts and aviation safety, for the organization, accomplishment, and also providing and servicing of flights of aircrafts, airborne transportations and aviation works, the organizations, to servicing of air traffic and management of flights;

the act of illegal intervention in activities of aircraft – the illegal action or threat of such action concerning passengers, aviation personnel, the aircraft or other objects of aircraft creating threat for life and (or) health of citizens, safety of flights of aircrafts and activities in the field of aircraft;

airfield – the parcels of land or water object (its part) which are specially prepared and equipped for ensuring take-off, landing, taxing, the parking and servicing of aircrafts;

airfield (helidrome) of joint basing – airfield (helidrome) on which are based civil and state aircrafts (are placed);

airfield (helidrome) of joint use – airfield (helidrome) of the state aircraft or airfield (helidrome) of civil aviation in which are performed take-off, landing, taxing, the parking and servicing of the civil aircrafts performing scheduled flights and (or) the state aircrafts respectively without basing (placement) in this airfield (helidrome);

aeronautical servicing – servicing of air traffic, providing with telecommunication, meteorological providing, search and rescue, provision of aeronautical information;

the airport – the complex of constructions intended for acceptance, sending and the parking of aircrafts, their maintenance and also for servicing of airborne transportations;

airport activities – activities for ensuring acceptance, sending and the parking of aircrafts, their maintenance, and also for servicing of airborne transportations;

airline hub – the airfields which are close located to each other, the organization and accomplishment of flights from which require special approval and coordination;

safety of flights of aircrafts – the complex characteristic of activities in the field of aircraft determining capability of accomplishment of flights of aircrafts without threat for life and (or) health of citizens;

pilotless aviation complex – the set of functionally connected elements which is turning on one or several unmanned aerial vehicles, means of ensuring of take off and landing and control one or several unmanned aerial vehicles;

the unmanned aerial vehicle – the aircraft intended for accomplishment of flights without crew onboard under control of the operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle from Item (panel) of management including without its visual contact with this aircraft, or in the set autonomous mode or by combination of the specified methods;

helidrome – the parcels of land, water object (its part) or the platform on the building or construction which are specially prepared and equipped fully or partially for ensuring take-off, landing, taxing, the parking and servicing of helicopters;

the external pilot – the person of aviation personnel designated by the operator of the aircraft, having the certificate of the external pilot which performs functions on accomplishment of flight of the civil pilotless aircraft using technical means of remote control manipulates relevant organs of flight control during time of flight of this civil pilotless aircraft and bears responsibility for safe accomplishment of its flight;

domestic airport – the airport intended for acceptance and sending the aircrafts which are carrying out domestic airborne transportations;

internal airborne transportation – airborne transportation in case of which accomplishment the points of departure, appointment and landings are located in the territory of the Republic of Belarus;

airborne transportation – transportation by aircrafts of passengers, baggage, loads and mailings;

air traffic – flights of aircrafts and their maneuvering in airfield (helidrome), the airfield;

airspace of the Republic of Belarus – the part of the air sphere located within the territory of the Republic of Belarus;

the aircraft – the aircraft supported in the atmosphere due to interaction with air, other than interaction with the air reflected from terrestrial or surface of the water;

the aircraft of foreign state – the aircraft registered in the register of aircrafts of foreign state or the international organization;

air the judgment violator – the aircraft which broke procedure for use of airspace of the Republic of Belarus;

high-rise construction – construction which height according to Rules of use of airspace of the Republic of Belarus and aviation rules can pose threat for safety of flights of aircrafts;

the state aircraft – the type of aircraft used by republican state bodies, other state bodies and the organizations, republican state public association "Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Fleet of the Republic of Belarus" for implementation of military, border, Customs Service, law-enforcement activities, the prevention and liquidation of emergency situations of natural and technogenic nature, the solution of tasks in the field of mobilization preparation and also for the solution of other national objectives connected using aircraft, determined by the President of the Republic of Belarus;

the state aircraft – the aircraft used in the state aircraft and registered in the State register of the state aircrafts of the Republic of Belarus;

the state unmanned aerial vehicle – the unmanned aerial vehicle used in the state aircraft and which is the state aircraft;

civil aviation – the type of aircraft used for the purpose of ensuring needs of citizens and the organizations, the prevention and liquidation of emergency situations of natural and technogenic nature, and also accomplishment of warranty flights;

the civil unmanned aerial vehicle – the unmanned aerial vehicle used in civil aviation and which is not the aircraft;

the civil pilotless aircraft – the civil aircraft without crew onboard which is under control of the commander of the civil pilotless aircraft who is the external pilot, intended for accomplishment of flights along routes of servicing of air traffic;

the civil aircraft – the aircraft used in civil aviation and registered in the State register of civil aircrafts of the Republic of Belarus;

the civil aircraft of foreign state – the aircraft of foreign state recognized by the civil aircraft according to the legislation of the state in which it is registered;

foreign subjects are foreign citizens, stateless persons, the foreign or international organizations, foreign states and (or) their administrative and territorial units;

use of airspace of the Republic of Belarus – flights of aircrafts and other aircraft, except for model aircrafts, in airspace of the Republic of Belarus, and also the activities posing threat for safety of these flights (carrying out firing practice, missiles launches, explosive works, construction of high-rise constructions, activities in the course of which there are electromagnetic and other radiations);

the controlled area – the territory which is under protection and control of divisions of aviation safety of the aviation organizations for the purpose of prevention and suppression of acts of illegal intervention in activities of aircraft;

the aircraft – any technical device intended for accomplishment of flights in the atmosphere of Earth;

the flight validity – the complex characteristic of the aircraft, the aviation engine or air screw determined by the principles and technology solutions realized in their designs, allowing to make safe flights in the expected conditions and in case of the established operation methods;

warranty flights – flights of aircrafts on transportation of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Chapters of foreign states and the governments, the other persons who are subject to the state protection and also members of the state and government delegations in airspace of the Republic of Belarus on aircrafts of special and nonspecial purpose, and also on the aircrafts performing scheduled flights;

personal inspection – check of the citizen for the purpose of detection on his body and in clothes of substances, materials and products which can be used for making of acts of illegal intervention in activities of aircraft;

the international airborne transportation – airborne transportation in case of accomplishment of the international flights of aircrafts;

the international flight of the aircraft – flight of the aircraft in case of which accomplishment the points of departure and appointments are located respectively in the territories of two states;

the international airport – the airport open for acceptance and sending the aircrafts including which are carrying out the international airborne transportations in which are performed boundary, customs and other types of control;

safety of flights of aircrafts – package of measures, the aviation events directed to the prevention;

objects of aircraft – aircrafts, communications, the airports, airfields (helidromes), technical means and other objects necessary for implementation of activities in the field of aircraft;

objects of the Single system of air traffic management – complexes of buildings, constructions, communications, and also the land objects of means and systems of servicing of air traffic, navigation, landing and telecommunication intended for air traffic management;

the operator of the unmanned aerial vehicle – the face of aviation personnel exercising control of the unmanned aerial vehicle by means of technical means;

bodies of servicing of air traffic and management of flights – the operational bodies of the Single system of air traffic management and bodies of users of airspace of the Republic of Belarus performing servicing of air traffic and management of flights of aircrafts;

ornithological ensuring flights – complex of the actions directed to prevention of collision of aircrafts with birds;

carrier – the operator of the aircraft having the right to accomplishment of airborne transportations according to the legislation;

search works – system of the measures directed to timely detection of the aircraft which is in distress or the victim, its crew and passengers;

flight of the aircraft – movement or lag of the aircraft in airspace;

flight information in civil aviation – information registered by means of the flight recorder of flight information or onboard data recording system;

the user of airspace of the Republic of Belarus – the organization or the citizen using airspace of the Republic of Belarus;

the airfield – the parcel of land or specially prepared artificial platform suitable for take-off, landing, taxing, parking of aircrafts and conforming to requirements of aviation rules;

Rules of use of airspace of the Republic of Belarus – the regulatory legal act determining procedure for the organization of use of airspace of the Republic of Belarus, and also procedure for its use;

preflight examination – the check of crew members of the aircraft performed before accomplishment of flight of the aircraft, passengers, baggage, including the things which are in case of passengers and also the load and mailings transported on the aircraft, onboard inventories of the aircraft;

aerodrome environs – the territory limited by the sizes around airfield (helidrome) over which maneuvering of aircrafts is performed;

investigation of aviation event – collection and information analysis, necessary for establishment of origins of aviation event, preparation of conclusions and development of recommendations about the prevention of aviation events;

the register (database) of persons whose airborne transportation is limited by carrier, – the list containing information on passengers whose airborne transportation is limited by carrier in connection with attraction them to responsibility for the committed administrative offenses or crimes which maintaining is performed by carrier;

recommended practice of International Civil Aviation Organization – the international legal act adopted by International Civil Aviation Organization containing requirements to physical characteristics, configurations, equipment, technical characteristics, personnel or rules which uniform application is recognized desirable for the benefit of safety, regularity or efficiency of international civil aviation;

the sanitary protection zone – the part of the territory around airfield (helidrome) established for the purpose of reduction of the harmful effects connected with activities in the field of aircraft on health of citizens;

the certificate of type – the official document confirming compliance of certain type of the aircraft, pilotless aviation complex, the aviation engine or air screw to the requirements established by aviation rules and other regulatory legal acts, except for technical regulatory legal acts in the field of technical regulation and standardization;

the certificate of copy – the official document confirming compliance of certain copy of the aircraft, pilotless aviation complex, the aviation engine or air screw to the requirements established by aviation rules and other regulatory legal acts, except for technical regulatory legal acts in the field of technical regulation and standardization;

certification in the field of civil aviation – activities of specially authorized body in the field of civil aviation on confirmation of conformity of subjects to certification to the requirements established by aviation rules and other regulatory legal acts, except for technical regulatory legal acts in the field of technical regulation and standardization;

certification in the field of experimental aircraft – activities of specially authorized body in the field of experimental aircraft on confirmation of conformity of subjects to certification to the requirements established by aviation rules and other regulatory legal acts, except for technical regulatory legal acts in the field of technical regulation and standardization;

Disclaimer! This text was translated by AI translator and is not a valid juridical document. No warranty. No claim. More info