Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Subtitle 03 - MARYLAND AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 11.03.04 - Aeronautical Regulations
Section 11.03.04.04 - Aircraft Operation
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 11.03.04.04
Current through Register Vol. 52, No. 6, March 21, 2025
A. Licensed Airports. Except in emergency situations, a person may not conduct any aircraft operations at a licensed airport other than those in conformity with the airport traffic pattern, ground traffic rules, and noise abatement procedures developed by the airport manager.
B. Public Property.
(1) Public Property: Commercial Operation.
Aircraft may not be operated commercially from any public land or water owned
or controlled by the State unless the landing area has been approved by the
Administration.
(2) Public Land:
Noncommercial Operation.
(a) State Land.
Aircraft may not operate from any State land unless prior approval is obtained
from the Administration.
(b) Other
Public Land. Aircraft may not be operated from any public land, not owned or
controlled by the State, unless prior approval is obtained from the political
subdivision owning or controlling the land.
(3) Public Waters: Noncommercial Operation.
(a) Except as specifically restricted in this
regulation, public waters controlled by the State are available for
noncommercial seaplane use.
(b)
Seaplanes may not take-off and land on the designated portions of the following
bodies of water:
(i) Chester River ------ Rock
Hall Harbor Queenstown Creek Winchester Creek.
(ii) Deal (Herring Bay)- Rockhold Creek from
the entrance Buoy Fl. R "2" to the headwaters.
(iii) Choptank River --- Knapp Narrows Buoy
Fl. R "4" to Fl. R "6".
(iv) Tred
Avon River --- Oxford Harbor.
(v)
Wicomico River ----- From lighted beacon "57" at Harbor Point to head of the
Wicomico River and tributaries thereof.
(vi) Crisfield Harbor -- From the entrance to
the headwaters of Somers Cove.
(vii) Patuxent River --- Solomons Island
Harbor from the entrance Buoy N "4" and all tributaries thereof.
(viii) Potomac River --- St. Patricks Creek
(1.3 miles north of northern tip of St. Clements Island) from day-markers "3"
and "4" to the headwaters, including tributaries thereof. St. Catherines
Sound--White Neck Creek from White Neck Pt. to headwaters and all tributaries
thereof. Cobb Island-Neale Sound, beginning at the eastern entrance Buoy Fl. R
4 sec "2" extending through the entire sound and its tributaries to Fl. 4 sec
"72" on the western end.
(c) Unless prior written permission is
obtained from the Secretary of Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Power and
Electric Co., seaplane operations may not be conducted on Deep Creek Lake in
Garrett County.
(d) Seaplanes may
not operate from bodies of water controlled by political subdivisions without
the prior approval of the appropriate political subdivision.
(e) The following bodies of water are
controlled by political subdivisions:
(i) Loch
Raven Reservoir;
(ii) Pretty Boy
Reservoir;
(iii) Liberty
Reservoir;
(iv) Triadelphia
Reservoir;
(v) Rocky Gorge
Reservoir;
(vi) Rocky Gap Reservoir
Cumberland;
(vii) Savage River
Reservoir Bloomington;
(viii)
Youghiogheny Lake-Selbyport/Friendsville Maryland/Pennsylvania.
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