114.20 (4) and which is owned or held by a museum owned or operated by an organization qualified as a tax exempt organization under section 501 of the internal revenue code. (17) “Operation of aircraft” or “operate aircraft” means the use, navigation or piloting of aircraft in the airspace over this state or upon any airport within this state. (18) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof. (18m) “Public-use airport” means any of the following as provided in 49 USC 47102 (22): (a) Any public airport. (b) Any privately owned reliever airport. (c) Any privately owned airport used for public purposes and determined by the secretary of the U.S. department of transportation to enplane annually 2,500 or more passengers and receive scheduled passenger service of aircraft. (18r) “Spacecraft” means any contrivance invented, used, or designed for navigation or flight beyond the earth’s atmosphere, including rockets, missiles, capsules, modules, and other vehicles, whether with or without passengers. (18s) “Spacecraft launch or landing area” means any area used, or intended for use, for launching or landing spacecraft or for surface maneuvering, positioning, or preparation of spacecraft for imminent launching or immediately after landing, including any launch pad, landing area, or launch or landing control center. (18t) “Spaceport” means any area of land or water that is used, or intended for use, as a spacecraft launch or landing area and any appurtenant areas that are used, or intended for use, for spaceport buildings or other spaceport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all spaceport buildings and facilities located thereon. (19) “State airway” means a route in the navigable airspace over and above the lands or waters of this state, designated by the department as a route suitable for air navigation. (20) “Unairworthy aircraft” means an aircraft that is in a se-
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verely damaged condition or in a state of major deterioration as determined under s. 114.20 (5). History: 1971 c. 164 s. 84; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (5); 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 159; 1993 a. 492; 1995 a. 113; 1999 a. 83; 2005 a. 335; 2023 a. 51.