(定義)

(Definition)

第二条この法律において「航空機」とは、人が乗つて航空の用に供することができる飛行機、回転翼航空機、滑空機及び飛行船その他政令で定める航空の用に供することができる機器をいう。

Article 2(1)The term "aircraft" as used in this Act means any aeroplane, rotorcraft, glider and airship which can be used for air navigation with a person on board and any other apparatus used for air navigation as may be specified by Cabinet Order.

2この法律において「航空業務」とは、航空機に乗り組んで行うその運航(航空機に乗り組んで行う無線設備の操作を含む。)及び整備又は改造をした航空機について行う第十九条第二項に規定する確認をいう。

(2)The term "air navigation service" as used in this Act means any operation onboard an aircraft (including operation of radio equipment on board), and confirmation work as specified in Article 19, paragraph (2), to be performed on repaired or remodeled aircraft.

3この法律において「航空従事者」とは、第二十二条の航空従事者技能証明を受けた者をいう。

(3)The term "airman" as used in this Act means any person who has obtained competence certification for an airman under Article 22.

4この法律において「航空保安施設」とは、電波、灯光、色彩又は形象により航空機の航行を援助するための施設で、国土交通省令で定めるものをいう。

(4)The term "air navigation facility" as used in this Act means any facility to aid the navigation of aircraft by means of radio wave, lights, colors or signs as may be specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

5この法律において「着陸帯」とは、特定の方向に向つて行う航空機の離陸(離水を含む。以下同じ。)又は着陸(着水を含む。以下同じ。)の用に供するため設けられる飛行場内の矩形部分をいう。

(5)The term "landing strip" as used in this Act means a rectangular area of an aerodrome which is provided for the takeoff (including that area on water; hereinafter the same) or landing (including that area on water; hereinafter the same) of aircraft in a definite direction.

6この法律において「進入区域」とは、着陸帯の短辺の両端及びこれと同じ側における着陸帯の中心線の延長三千メートル(ヘリポートの着陸帯にあつては、二千メートル以下で国土交通省令で定める長さ)の点において中心線と直角をなす一直線上におけるこの点から三百七十五メートル(計器着陸装置を利用して行なう着陸又は精密進入レーダーを用いてする着陸誘導に従つて行なう着陸の用に供する着陸帯にあつては六百メートル、ヘリポートの着陸帯にあつては当該短辺と当該一直線との距離に十五度の角度の正切を乗じた長さに当該短辺の長さの二分の一を加算した長さ)の距離を有する二点を結んで得た平面をいう。

(6)The term "approach area" as used in this Act means a plain surface defined by two connected points parallel to the shorter side of the landing strip 375 meters (600 meters in the case of a landing strip used for the landing, performed by using an instrument landing apparatus, or performed in accordance with a landing guidance by using precision approach radar, while in the case of a landing strip used for the heliport, the length in which the distance between the shorter side and the straight line multiplied by tangent 15 plus half the length of the shorter side) distant from a point on a straight line crossing at a point 3,000 meters (not more than 2,000 meters as may be specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the case of a landing strip of the heliport) distant from that side and forming a rectangle, with the extension to the center-line of the landing strip bisecting this rectangle.

7この法律において「進入表面」とは、着陸帯の短辺に接続し、且つ、水平面に対し上方へ五十分の一以上で国土交通省令で定める勾配を有する平面であつて、その投影面が進入区域と一致するものをいう。

(7)The term "approach surface" as used in this Act means an area abutting on the shorter side of a landing strip and sloping upwards at a gradient of more than 1/50th from the horizontal plane, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the projection of which corresponds to the approach area.

8この法律において「水平表面」とは、飛行場の標点の垂直上方四十五メートルの点を含む水平面のうち、この点を中心として四千メートル以下で国土交通省令で定める長さの半径で描いた円周で囲まれた部分をいう。

(8)The term "horizontal surface" as used in this Act means that section of the horizontal plane including a point 45 meters vertically above the aerodrome reference point, which is surrounded by a circle drawn with that point at its center and with a radius of a length of not more than 4,000 meters as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

9この法律において「転移表面」とは、進入表面の斜辺を含む平面及び着陸帯の長辺を含む平面であつて、着陸帯の中心線を含む鉛直面に直角な鉛直面との交線の水平面に対する勾配が進入表面又は着陸帯の外側上方へ七分の一(ヘリポートにあつては、四分の一以上で国土交通省令で定める勾配)であるもののうち、進入表面の斜辺を含むものと当該斜辺に接する着陸帯の長辺を含むものとの交線、これらの平面と水平表面を含む平面との交線及び進入表面の斜辺又は着陸帯の長辺により囲まれる部分をいう。

(9)The term "transitional surface" as used in this Act means an area including the slopes of the approach surfaces and the longer sides of the landing strip at a gradient of 1/7th, (in the case of a heliport, at a gradient of not more than 1/4th as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) from the horizontal plane to the intersection with the vertical surface, including the center-line of the strip and including the areas as defined above. It is enclosed by the lines, including the intersection with the plane including the slopes of the approach surfaces and the plane including the longer sides of the strip abutting those slopes, the intersection with those planes and the areas including the horizontal plane, the slopes of the approach surfaces, and the longer sides of the strip.

10この法律において「航空灯火」とは、灯火により航空機の航行を援助するための航空保安施設で、国土交通省令で定めるものをいう。

(10)The term "aeronautical lights" as used in this Act means any light used by an air navigation facility to aid the navigation of aircraft, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

11この法律において「航空交通管制区」とは、地表又は水面から二百メートル以上の高さの空域であつて、航空交通の安全のために国土交通大臣が告示で指定するものをいう。

(11)The term "air traffic control area" as used in this Act means any airspace, 200 meters or more above the land or water, and designated for the safety of air traffic in the public notice by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

12この法律において「航空交通管制圏」とは、航空機の離陸及び着陸が頻繁に実施される国土交通大臣が告示で指定する飛行場並びにその付近の上空の空域であつて、飛行場及びその上空における航空交通の安全のために国土交通大臣が告示で指定するものをいう。

(12)The term "air traffic control zone" as used in this Act means any airspace above any aerodrome and its vicinity where frequent takeoff and landing of aircrafts are performed, as designated for the safety of air traffic in the public notice by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in that aerodrome and the air space above it.

13この法律において「航空交通情報圏」とは、前項に規定する飛行場以外の国土交通大臣が告示で指定する飛行場及びその付近の上空の空域であつて、飛行場及びその上空における航空交通の安全のために国土交通大臣が告示で指定するものをいう。

(13)The term "air traffic information zone" as used in this Act means any airspace above any aerodrome and its vicinity designated in the public notice by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism other than aerodromes prescribed in the previous paragraph, as designated for the safety of air traffic in the public notice by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in that aerodrome and the air space above it.

14この法律において「計器気象状態」とは、視程及び雲の状況を考慮して国土交通省令で定める視界上不良な気象状態をいう。

(14)The term "instrument meteorological condition" as used in this Act means bad weather conditions with a range of vision, specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, taking the visibility and cloud conditions into consideration.

15この法律において「計器飛行」とは、航空機の姿勢、高度、位置及び針路の測定を計器にのみ依存して行う飛行をいう。

(15)The term "instrument flight" as used in this Act means a flight which is performed relying solely on flight instruments to measure the attitude, altitude, position, and course of the aircraft.

16この法律において「計器飛行方式」とは、次に掲げる飛行の方式をいう。

(16)The term "instrument flight rules" as used in this Act means a method of flight as listed below:

一第十二項の国土交通大臣が指定する飛行場からの離陸及びこれに引き続く上昇飛行又は同項の国土交通大臣が指定する飛行場への着陸及びそのための降下飛行を、航空交通管制圏又は航空交通管制区において、国土交通大臣が定める経路又は第九十六条第一項の規定により国土交通大臣が与える指示による経路により、かつ、その他の飛行の方法について同項の規定により国土交通大臣が与える指示に常時従つて行う飛行の方式

(i)a method of flight in which any takeoff and climb or descent and landing at any aerodrome as specified by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under paragraph (12) is performed in any air traffic control zone or air traffic control area in compliance with the routes specified by the Minister, or instructed by the Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 96, paragraph (1), while always following the instructions on other methods of flight given by the Minister pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph.

二第十三項の国土交通大臣が指定する飛行場からの離陸及びこれに引き続く上昇飛行又は同項の国土交通大臣が指定する飛行場への着陸及びそのための降下飛行を、航空交通情報圏(航空交通管制区である部分を除く。)において、国土交通大臣が定める経路により、かつ、第九十六条の二第一項の規定により国土交通大臣が提供する情報を常時聴取して行う飛行の方式

(ii)a method of flight in which any takeoff and climb or descent and landing at any aerodrome as specified by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under paragraph (13) is performed in the air traffic information zone (excluding the area designated as an air traffic control area) in compliance with the routes specified by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, while always listening to information given by the Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 96-2, paragraph (1).

三第一号に規定する飛行以外の航空交通管制区における飛行を第九十六条第一項の規定により国土交通大臣が経路その他の飛行の方法について与える指示に常時従つて行う飛行の方式

(iii)a method of flight in which any flight in the air traffic control area other than those prescribed under item (i) is always performed in compliance with the instructions given by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism relating to routes and other methods of flight under the provisions of Article 96, paragraph (1).

17この法律において「航空運送事業」とは、他人の需要に応じ、航空機を使用して有償で旅客又は貨物を運送する事業をいう。

(17)The term "air transport services" as used in this Act means any business using aircraft to transport passengers or cargo for remuneration upon demand.

18この法律において「国際航空運送事業」とは、本邦内の地点と本邦外の地点との間又は本邦外の各地間において行う航空運送事業をいう。

(18)The term "international air transport services" as used in this Act means any air transport services operating between one point within Japan and another within a foreign country, or between one point and another in foreign countries.

19この法律において「国内定期航空運送事業」とは、本邦内の各地間に路線を定めて一定の日時により航行する航空機により行う航空運送事業をいう。

(19)The term "domestic scheduled air transport services" as used in this Act means any air transport services operating between one point and another in the country on a scheduled date and time along a specified route.

20この法律において「航空機使用事業」とは、他人の需要に応じ、航空機を使用して有償で旅客又は貨物の運送以外の行為の請負を行う事業をいう。

(20)The term "aerial work" as used in this Act means any business using aircraft other than for the transport of passengers or cargo for remuneration upon demand.