Section 50-1-1 - Definitions.
50-1-1. Definitions. Terms as used in this title mean:
(1) "Aeronautics," the act or practice of the art and science of transportation by aircraft, and operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, airports, landing fields, landing strips, air navigation facilities, or air instruction;
(2) "Aircraft," any contrivance used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air;
(3) "Air instruction," the imparting of aeronautical information in any air school, flying club, or by any aviation instructor;
(4) "Airport," any area, either of land or water, which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and take-off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights of way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon;
(5) "Air school," any person engaged in giving instruction, or offering to give instruction in aeronautics, either in flying or ground subjects, or both, for or without hire or reward, and advertising, representing, or holding itself out as giving, or offering to give, such instruction;
(6) "Aviation instructor," any individual engaged in giving instruction, or offering to give instruction, in aeronautics, either in flying or ground subjects, or both, for or without hire or reward, without advertising such occupation, without calling the facilities an air school or anything equivalent, or without employing or using other instructors;
(7) "Civil aircraft," any aircraft other than a public aircraft;
(8) "Commission," the South Dakota Aeronautics Commission;
(9) "Department," the Department of Transportation;
(10) "Flying club," any person other than an individual who, neither for profit nor reward, owns, leases, or uses one or more aircraft for the purpose of instruction, pleasure, or both;
(11) "Landing field," any area, either of land or water, which is used or which is made available for the landing and take-off of aircraft, which may or may not provide facilities for the shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, and which meets the minimum requirements as to size, design, surface marking, equipment, and management as may from time to time be provided by the commission;
(12) "Landing strip," any area, either of land or water, which is available for the landing and take-off of aircraft, having not less than two hundred feet of usable width and not less than one thousand feet of usable length, the use of which shall, except in case of emergency, be only as provided from time to time by the regulations of the commission;
(13) "Private airport," any airport, landing field, or landing strip that is open to and available for use only by the owner and the owner's invitees;
(14) "Public aircraft," any aircraft used exclusively in the governmental service, including military and naval aircraft, or of any state or territory thereof;
(15) "Public airport," any airport, landing field, or landing strip, whether publicly or privately owned, that is open to and available for use by the flying public.
Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0101; SL 1947, ch 1, § 1; SL 1949, ch 2, §§ 1, 2; SL 1997, ch 16, § 3; SL 2004, ch 287, § 3; SL 2010, ch 227, § 1.