Bill > SB00236

This bill, effective October 1, 2026, updates regulations for airports, heliports, vertiports (helipads for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft), and other air navigation facilities in Connecticut, implementing recommendations from the Connecticut Airport Authority. The executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority will now have the authority to license facilities with more than thirty-six landings and takeoffs annually, charging a fee of three hundred dollars for a three-year license, with municipalities exempt from this fee. Additionally, the bill introduces a new registration process for facilities with thirty-six or fewer landings and takeoffs per year, requiring a one-hundred-dollar fee for a three-year registration, also with exemptions for municipalities. Both licensed and registered facilities must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, and operating without the required approval, license, or registration will be a class C misdemeanor. The bill also clarifies that the executive director can investigate complaints about unauthorized landings and takeoffs and require property owners to keep records, with certain exceptions for military, emergency, agricultural, or special event aircraft.

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation Committee (Joint)

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