Title 6, Title 6: AVIATION

6:1-13. Aircraft to be licensed and registered by department of commerce No person shall operate or navigate any aircraft within the state unless such aircraft has an appropriate effective license issued by the department of commerce of the United States, and is registered by the…

6:1-14. Exceptions to preceding sections Sections 6:1-12 and 6:1-13 of this title shall not apply to military aircraft of the United States or its possessions, public aircraft of any state or territory, or aircraft licensed by a foreign country with which the United States has a …

6:1-15. Licensing of airports and landing fields No owner or operator of any airport or landing field shall permit the owner or pilot of any aircraft to use such airport or landing field for landing or taking off while engaged in carrying passengers for hire or reward or instruct…

6:1-16. Display of circle or cross markers on airports or landing fields No circle marker shall be displayed on any landing field other than an airport. The circle marker shall be used by licensed airports only. No standard cross marker shall be displayed on any landing field by …

6:1-17. Exhibitions to be licensed No air meet, air race or aerial exhibition shall be conducted or operated in this state without a license first obtained from the commission. This section shall not apply to the aircraft of the armed forces of the United States or the civil airc…

6:1-18. Flying aircraft while under influence of liquors or drugs; passengers No person shall fly any aircraft in this state while under the influence of or using intoxicating liquors, cocaine or other habit-forming drugs, nor shall such person carry passengers who are obviously …

6:1-19. Violations; penalty Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

6:1-2. Definitions As used in this chapter: "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used or designed for navigation or flight in the air except a parachute or other contrivance designed for such navigation but used primarily as safety equipment. "Airman" means any person who e…

6:1-20. Purpose The purpose of this act is to provide in the interest of public safety and of aeronautic progress for the regulation of aeronautics in and over this State; to require that aircraft, airports, airport managements, landing fields, landing strips, and other avigation…

6:1-21. Definitions When used in this act: (a) "Aeronautics" means avigation of or transportation by aircraft; air instruction; the operation, repair or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories; and the design, construction, repair, maintenance, operation or…

6:1-29. Powers and duties of the commissioner; adoption of rules, regulations and orders Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development shall promote progress and education in and shall have supervision over aeronautics…

6:1-30. Powers and duties of director The director shall be the executive officer of the department and, under the supervision of the commission, shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders established thereunder, and all the …

6:1-31. Commission: hearings; information; records; reports It shall be the duty of the commission to hold public hearings on matters affecting aeronautics; to conduct investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions of this chapter; to advise t…

6:1-32. Commission: safety devices and facilities; markings; hazards to avigation The commission may, in order to protect the public safety and the safety of those participating in aeronautical activities adopt reasonable rules, regulations and orders requiring the installation i…

6:1-33. Police and departmental co-operation It shall be the duty of all departmental and political subdivisions of this State, all peace officers, and every county and municipal officer charged with the enforcement of State and municipal laws to enforce and assist in the enforce…

6:1-34. Licenses: aircraft; requirement for It shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, to operate, pilot or avigate, or cause to be operated, piloted or avigated, any aircraft on or over the land or waters or through the air space of this State unless it shall be licen…

6:1-35. Licenses: aircraft; provisions for The commissioner may provide for the licensing of civil aircraft by reasonable rules, regulations and orders adequate to protect the public safety and the safety of those participating in aeronautics and to ensure the satisfactory and sa…

6:1-37. Identification of aircraft It shall be unlawful to operate, pilot or avigate any aircraft on or over the land or waters or through the air space of this State unless such aircraft shall display its license number. L.1938, c. 48, p. 134, s. 18.

6:1-38. Licenses: pilots, requirement for It shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, for any person to operate, pilot or avigate any aircraft on or over the land or waters or through the air space of this State unless he shall be licensed as provided in this chapter. L…

6:1-40. Licenses: possession; inspection Any pilot licensed under this chapter shall at all times have his license and the license of the aircraft operated by him or under his control available for inspection by any officer charged with the enforcement of this chapter. L.1938, c.…

6:1-42. Licenses: air meets, exhibitions, et cetera No air meet, air race or aerial exhibition shall be conducted or operated in this State without a license first obtained from the commission. L.1938, c. 48, p. 136, s. 23.

6:1-43. Use of emergency facility or facility operated exclusively by and for government; license for aeronautical activity; fixed base operation It shall be unlawful, except as provided for by the provisions of this chapter and the rules, regulations and orders adopted pursuant …

6:1-44. Licenses; aviation facilities and temporary landing areas The commissioner shall provide for the licensing of airports, landing strips, or other avigation facilities and temporary landing areas by rules, regulations and orders adequate to protect the public health and saf…

6:1-44.1 Licenses or certificates for operation of aeronautical facilities and fixed base operations; expiration; fee. 1. The commissioner shall have the power to grant an appropriate license or certificate upon application properly made and the fee therefor paid for activities a…

6:1-44.2. Effective date This act shall take effect July first, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. L.1953, c. 234, p. 1714, s. 2.

6:1-44.3 Directory of airports in New Jersey. 1. a. The Department of Transportation, in conjunction with geographic information systems staff from the Office of Information Technology, shall, within 180 days of enactment of P.L.2019, c.483, produce a comprehensive and current di…

6:1-45. Licenses: modification; suspension; revocation Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be modified, suspended or revoked when in the interest of public safety or the safety of those participating in aeronautical activities, the commission shall d…

6:1-46. Examination and inspection; pilots and aircraft Any member of the commission, the director, any inspector or other authorized agent of the commission may examine and inspect any pilot, aircraft, airport, landing field, landing strip, fixed base operator or other avigation…

6:1-47. Licenses: burden of proof In any proceeding, investigation or hearing, criminal or otherwise, under any of the provisions of this chapter, any person who relies upon a license of any kind shall have the burden of proving that he is the holder of a valid and effective lice…

6:1-48. Periodical inspection: aircraft, airports, avigation facilities, et cetera The commission may adopt rules, regulations and orders providing for the periodical inspection and examination of aircraft, airports, landing fields, landing strips, fixed base operators or other a…

6:1-50. Rules, regulations and orders; posting; service; filing General rules and orders of the commission shall be posted for public inspection in all offices of the commission at least fifteen days before they shall become effective, and every rule, regulation and order of the …

6:1-50.1 Verification of identity of pilots renting aircraft. 1. Any person who provides aircraft for rent in New Jersey shall verify the identity of the pilot seeking to rent the aircraft by requesting and examining a government-issued form of photo identification and comparing …

6:1-50.2 Regulations. 2. The commissioner is authorized to adopt regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c.410 ( C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2005,c.101,s.2.

6:1-51. Investigation of aircraft accidents, hearings 32. The Department of Commerce, Energy and Economic Development shall have the power to conduct investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by the provisions of this act and accidents or injuries incident…

6:1-52. Depositions: records; findings, witness fees and expenses; testimony of commissioners or director The commission or director or any party, in any investigation, may cause to be taken the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the State in the manner prescribed…

6:1-53. Review Any order made by the department may be reviewed by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ in the Superior Court. L.1938, c. 48, p. 140, s. 34. Amended by L.1953, c. 7, p. 62, s. 2.

6:1-59. Penalties Any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules, regulations or orders issued pursuant thereto, except provisions, rules, regulations or orders pertaining to the organization or operation of the Department of Conservation and E…

6:1-59.1 Violations or failure to have license; penalties and costs. 7. Any person violating any provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order authorized hereby and any person who operates, conducts, uses or permits others to operate, conduct, use or employ any aeronaut…

6:1-60. Constitutionality If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provisio…

6:1-61. Evidence regarding safety of methods of operation of aircraft and airports, duty to furnish; notice Any person who operates, pilots or avigates, or any person, copartnership, association or corporation who causes to be operated, piloted or avigated, any aircraft on or ove…

6:1-62. Refusal to furnish evidence; injunction against using airports In event that any such person, copartner or copartners, officer or officers shall neglect or refuse to appear or, appearing, shall refuse to testify or to produce any such books and records after reasonable no…

6:1-80. Findings, declarations 1. It is found and declared by the Legislature that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of the users of the airport and of occupants of land in the vicinity thereof, and also, if the hazard is of the obstruction type, it reduces the s…

6:1-81. Short title 2. Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Air Safety and Zoning Act of 1983." L.1983,c.260,s.2; amended 1991,c.445,s.2.

6:1-82. Definitions 3. As used in this amendatory and supplementary act: a. "Airport" means any area of land or water, or both designed and set aside for the landing and taking-off of fixed wing aircraft, utilized or to be utilized by the public for such purposes, publicly or pri…

6:1-83. Airport safety zones, delineation 4. After public hearing upon notice, including notice to each affected municipality, and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations which deline…

6:1-84. Uses within airport safety zones, standards 5. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgating standards which specify permitted and prohibited land uses, including the spec…