Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities

At the AAC meeting of May 8, 2007, an action was approved to review and recommend Minimum Standards for Commercial Aviation Activities and Development Standards for Leasees. The deadline was established to intercept the preparation of the RFP development proposal for Brown Field, which is expected to go to the Land Use and Housing committee of the City Council on June 13.

Minimum Standards are recommended, but not required, by the FAA Advisory Circular 150/5190-7, dated August 28, 2006, "Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities."

Several years ago, perhaps in the 1994-1995 era, the AAC had proposed "Minimum Standards for the conduct of Aeronautical Activities at Brown Field Municipal Airport," a 9 page document with following sections:

Minimum financial resources
Minimum capital investment
Minimum experience
Minimum insurance
Legal minimums
Responsibility minimums
Standards for FBOs
Standards for sale of aviation fuel products
Standards for aircraft maintenance and repair
Standards for aircraft storage
Standards for aircraft rental
Standards for aircraft sales
Standards for air taxi
Standards for pilot training
Standards for parachuting

To the best of our knowledge, these were never adopted, despite language on the first page.

The general recommendation from knowledgeable people is to consider the standards prepared by the County of San Diego that operates McClellan-Palomar Airport and Gillespie Field:

For reference, here are some additional sources of material on minimum standards from other airports:

Minimum standards proposed by Airport Business Solutions included in their business plan for Brown Field (December 2002, 50 pages)
Corvalis minimum standards (May 2002 and revised Feb 2005, 26 pages)
Hillsborough County, Florida minimum standards (Nov 2003, 12 pages)
Livermore minimum standards (draft from 2006, 41 pages)