Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

[302.210 to 302.300 reserved]

302.301 In this Division,

“waste disposal facility”

“waste disposal facility” means a landfill site, garbage dump, waste transfer and sorting facility, recycling and composting facility or commercial fish processing plant; (installation d’élimination des déchets)

“wildlife strike”

“wildlife strike” means a collision between an aircraft and wildlife. (impact faunique)

• 302.302 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Division applies to airports

  • (a) that, within the preceding calendar year, had 2 800 movements of commercial passenger-carrying aircraft operating under Subpart 4 or 5 of Part VII;

  • (b) that are located within a built-up area;

  • (c) that have a waste disposal facility within 15 km of the geometric centre of the airport;

  • (d) that had an incident where a turbine-powered aircraft collided with wildlife other than a bird and suffered damage, collided with more than one bird or ingested a bird through an engine; or

  • (e) where the presence of wildlife hazards, including those referred to in section 322.302 of the Airport Standards-Airport Wildlife Planning and Management, has been observed in an airport flight pattern or movement area.

• (2) Section 302.303 applies to all airports.

• 302.303 (1) The operator of an airport shall keep records of all wildlife strikes at the airport, including those reported by

  • (a) pilots;

  • (b) ground personnel; and

  • (c) aircraft maintenance personnel when they identify damage to an aircraft as having been caused by a wildlife strike.

• (2) Wildlife remains that are found within 200 feet of a runway or an airside pavement area are presumed to be a wildlife strike unless another cause of death is identified.

• (3) The operator of the airport shall submit a written and dated report to the Minister

  • (a) for each wildlife strike, within 30 days of its occurrence; or

  • (b) for all wildlife strikes that occur in a calendar year, before March 1 of the following calendar year.

• 302.304 (1) The operator of an airport shall collect information in respect of the requirements set out in section 322.304 of the Airport Standards-Airport Wildlife Planning and Management.

• (2) The operator of the airport shall, after consultation with a representative sample of the operators in respect of an aircraft, air operators and private operators that use the airport, conduct a risk analysis that evaluates the collected information.

• (3) The risk analysis shall be in writing and include

  • (a) an analysis of the risks associated with the wildlife hazards, including those referred to in section 322.302 of the Airport Standards-Airport Wildlife Planning and Management; and

  • (b) the measures that are necessary to manage or remove the hazards or to manage or mitigate the risks.

• (4) The operator of the airport shall, at the request of the Minister, make the risk analysis available for inspection.