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San Marcos Regional Airport <br />Minimum Standards <br />1.3 Policy* <br />The Airport Sponsor of a federally obligated Airport agrees to make available the opportunity to <br />engage In commercial aeronautical activities by persons, firms, or corporation,, that meet <br />reasonable minimum standards established by the Airport Sponsor. The Airport Sponsors <br />purpose in imposing standards is to ensure a safe, efficient, and adequate level of operation and <br />services Is offered to the public. Such standards must be reasonable and not unjustly <br />discriminatory. <br />1.4 Objective' <br />The FAA objective in recommending the development of minimum standards serves to promote <br />safety in all Airport activities, protect Airport users from unlicensed and unauthorized products <br />and services, maintain and enhance the availability of adequate services for all Airport users, <br />promote the orderly development of Airport Land, and ensure efficiency of operations. Therefore, <br />Airport Sponsors should strive to develop minimum standards that are fair and reasonable to all <br />on -Airport aeronautical service providers and relevant to the aeronautical activity to which it is <br />applied. <br />The sponsor may prohibit or limit any given, type, kind or class of aeronautical use of the Alf -port <br />4 such action is necessary for the safe operation of the Airport or necessary to serve the civil <br />aviation needs of the public. Under certain circumstances, an Airport Sponsor could deny Airport. <br />users the opportunity to conduct aeronautical activities at the Airport for reasons of safety and <br />efficiency. A denial based on safety must be (lased on evidence demunstrat Ing that safety will be <br />compromised If the impticant Is allowed to engage In the proposed aeronautical artivity, The FAA <br />is the final authority in determining what, In fact, constitutes a compromise of safety. These <br />standards should be tailored to the sperific aeronautical aLtkvlty and the Airport towhich they are <br />to be applied, Considerations for applying these standards may Include the following: <br />1. Apply standards to all tricivid&s of aeronautical services, from full service r -Bos to single <br />service providers; <br />2. Impose conditions that ensure safe and efficient operation of the Airport in accordance <br />with FAA rules, regulations, and guidance; <br />3. Ensure standards are reasonable, not unjustly discriminatory, attainable, uniformly <br />applied and reasonably protect the investment of providers of aeronautical services to <br />meet minimum standards from competition not maklog a similar investment; <br />4 Ensure standards are relevant to the activity to which they apply; and <br />S. Ensure standards provide the opportunity for newcomers to meet the minimum <br />standards to offer their aeronautical services within the market demand for such services, <br />Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular Number 150/SI90-7, August 28, 2006 <br />