OAR 738-020-0030: Application for License

(1) Except as provided in ORS 836.080, a person, municipality, or officer or employee thereof may not operate a public-use airport without a license issued by the Oregon Department of Aviation. The license fee is determined by statute and shall be paid in full for the initial calendar year or portion thereof, and for each annual renewal. Application for license and renewal shall be in writing on a form provided by the Department and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. Application for initial license shall be accompanied by a drawing or sketch depicting the airport “as built.” Sketches depicting any changes to the “as built” sketch submitted when the airport was first licensed, or as subsequently revised, shall accompany any application for renewal of license. (2) Personal-use airports are exempt from licensing, but sponsors are required to register the airport prior to February 1 of each year on a form furnished by the Department. There is no fee for registration. New airports must be registered within thirty days of completion of the airport in accordance with plans submitted for site approval, and be approved by the Department. These airports may be approved for use by aircraft whose published manufacturer specifications state they can be operated from an airport of a size less than the state minimum standards. (3) Agstrips need not be licensed, registered, or have site approval if the use of that strip is to be of an occasional nature only. However, the use of an agstrip shall be the sole responsibility of the person operating it. The operator is responsible not only for his or her own safety, but for the safety of persons and property on the ground. Conflict with traffic patterns of an existing airport must be avoided or coordinated and resolved. Such strip shall not be used by aircraft not under the agstrip operator’s control.