Safety Areas, RPZ & Wildlife Mapping
RSA, ROFA and RPZ boundaries mapped against parcel ownership and surrounding land use.
Safety areas and protection zones are where the airport meets everybody else's land. That is what makes them awkward: the obligation sits with the sponsor, but the ground often belongs to someone else.
What this service is
We map runway safety area, runway object free area and runway protection zone boundaries against parcel ownership and surrounding land use — and, where relevant, against wildlife-attractant sites near the airport.
Compatible land use reaches further than sponsors expect
Grant Assurance 21 commits a sponsor to take appropriate action to restrict nearby land use to activities compatible with normal airport operations. FAA guidance is explicit that this expectation extends to sponsors who hold no land-use authority of their own — they are still expected to stay alert to incompatible development and act reasonably.
If your airport sits inside a county or city that makes the zoning decisions, that is exactly the situation this applies to.
Wildlife: what actually applies to you
At a Part 139 certificated airport, a wildlife hazard assessment is triggered by defined events — multiple strikes, substantial damage, engine ingestion, or hazardous wildlife with access to the movement area. At a general-aviation field it is recommended guidance tied to federal funding, not a mandate. We will tell you plainly which category you fall into, because being wrong in either direction costs you money.
What you get
- RSA, ROFA and RPZ boundaries mapped to current design standards
- Overlay against parcel ownership and existing land use
- Identification of incompatible uses and the interests needed to address them
- Wildlife-attractant siting relative to published separation criteria