Airport Compatible Land Use Guidance
FAA's Land Use Guide
Air Installation Compatible Use Zone

Airport Compatible Land Use Guidance for Florida Communities

In March of 2010, Aviation Office staff has completed the process of putting together a new Florida Airport Compatible Land Use Guidebook.  The guidebook was a product of extensive stakeholder input from the early stages of the process.  The stakeholders’ group included representation from various governmental organizations, aviation and real estate industries, as well as non-governmental organizations with interest in aviation, planning, or governance.

The resulting product promotes airport land use compatibility and airspace protection in the State of Florida by focusing on the following:

• Calling attention to existing statutory requirements related to airspace protection and airport land use compatibility;
• Clarification of existing statutory requirements on airport protection zoning, and guidance on their implementation in local communities;
• Clarification of standards and principles underlying the airport protection zoning requirements;
• Proposal of methods available to discourage encroachment of incompatible land uses upon aviation facilities.

There are two versions of the guidebook available electronically.  The version for online dissemination and electronic viewing, which is of lower resolution and file size (approx. 7 Mb) is available here: Online Version.  If you intend to print a hard copy of the guidebook, a version suitable for printing, which features print-ready formatting, is of higher resolution, and larger file size (approx. 20 Mb), is available here: Print-ready Version.

Although the guidebook is intended to be a document accessible to a wide audience, the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing airspace and airport protection zoning in Florida are complex.  With that in mind, Aviation Office staff is in the process of putting together training, educational, and presentation materials on the use of the Airport Compatible Land Use Guidebook.  Those materials will be used in a number of educational outreach efforts conducted between May and November of 2010, such as conference presentations, workshops, teleconferences, and a webinar, with the intent of training interested potential guidebook users.  For a list and schedule of events, please click here (91 KB).

As a part of Compatible Land Use Project, the Aviation Office staff has developed and will issue maps developed in accordance with requirements of Ch. 333.03(1)(d), F.S.  Please contact the Airspace and Land Use Manager at the FDOT Aviation Office at 850-414-4500, if you would like to receive an electronic copy of a map for your local community, or if you have any other questions related to Airport Compatible Land Use.

FAA's Land Use Guide (Link)
This link will take you to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) web site where you can download a copy of the FAA's guidebook, Land Use Compatibility and Airports, A Guide for Effective Land Use Planning, published by the FAA Airports Division Southern Region.

Military Land Use Guide

Department of Defense - Air Installation Compatible Use Zone
Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 4165.57, Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ), dated November 8, 1977 implements Title 32 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Chapter I, Part 256 AICUZ. This document (1) sets forth DOD policy on achieving compatible use of public and private lands in the vicinity of military airfields, (2) defines required restrictions on the uses and heights of natural and man-made objects in the vicinity of air installations to provide for safety of flight and to assure that people and facilities are not concentrated in areas susceptible to aircraft accidents; (3) includes desirable restrictions on land use to assure its compatibility with characteristics, including noise, of air installation operations and (4) describes the procedures by which AICUZ may be defined; and (5) provides policy on the extent of U.S. government interest in real property within these zones which may be retained or acquired to protect the operational capability of active military airfields.