Airport Authority Clearance

No height clearance objection certificate (NOC) is issued by India’s Airports Authority according to the Govt. The aim of India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation was to safeguard airspace in and around aerodromes in order to allow safe and regular aircraft activities and to avoid aerodromes to become unusable as a result of the growth of obstruction surrounding the airports. NOC relating to civil aerodromes is provided on behalf of the Central Government by the Appointed Officer (DO) of the Airports Authority of India (AAI). In the situation of State-owned and private aerodromes authorized by the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation, AAI’s appointed officers shall also grant a NOC.

This ATMC is intended to standardize the process for granting NOC for height approvals to safeguard airspace around the aerodromes. This Air Traffic Management Circular (ATMC) also outlines the processes for review, revalidation, and appeal cases to be handled.

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Applicability

This ATMC applies to all AAI staff who are responsible for the height clearance procedure and problem of NOC. This ATMC also extends to all Joint Venture Airports, Approved State Government, and Private Airports staff for whom AAI issues NOC for height clearance.

Authority

Airport Authority of India is the authority responsible for giving height clearances to the construction and expansion activities around the airport.

Provisions

AAI has set up 9 NOC offices headed by Designated Officer. They look after NOC applications for height clearance in respective of structures. NOC Committee is formed at regional and state levels which compromises of 5 members as per mentioned under para 5.1 of the circular.

The application for obtaining NOC can be made to the designates officer through No Objection Certificate Application System (NOCAS), in respect of civil aerodromes. It is complete paperless process which is another achievement for AAI. Since all the work is paperless there is no need for hard copy instead scanned documents and undertakings are required to be uploaded and the grant of NOC letter and updates are sent to the applicant via e-mail and SMS.

All other details can be viewed on the dashboard of the applicant and NOCAS has a mapping system which is available to both applicant and officer which is used to analyze the proposed sites. The application is available on the site of NOCAS.

After an application is received in NOCAS, it is checked through auto settle criteria in para 6.1.8 of the circular. Various documents are required to be uploaded with the application of NOC, though different documents are mentioned for different NOCs-

For buildings, chimneys, flyovers, structures etc.

  • Certified co-ordinates of the site in WGS 84 (Refer NOCAS site).
  • Certified elevation of site in meters Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL).
  • Undertaking in 1A.
  • In case application is filed by person other than owner or lessee, then authorization letter from them.

Note: The scanned documents/copies are to be uploaded only in pdf. or jpg. Form with file not exceeding 500 kb/each.

For Power Transmission lines

  • Certified co-ordinates of the site in WGS 84 (Refer NOCAS site).
  • Certified elevation of site in metres Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL).
  • Undertaking in 1B.
  • In case application is filed by person other than owner or lessee, then authorization letter from them.

Note: The scanned documents/copies are to be uploaded only in pdf. or jpg. Form with file not exceeding 500 kb/each.

In both cases, if proposed structure lies within the premises of airport, them permission letter is required from concerned airport operator.

Co-ordinates under WGS 84 and elevation in AMSL is mandatory for applicant to upload. If plot size is less than 300 mtrs, then a single WGS 84 co-ordinate is required which is closest to airport and if it is more than 300 mtrs, then co-ordinates of all corners are required including nearest point from the airport. In case of triangular plot there are minimum 4 co-ordinates required for which 4th co-ordinate will be the side of the plot towards the airport different from rest 3 co-ordinates.

Validity and Review of Application

The validity of NOC letter is of 8 years and in between for re-validation (one time) without any assessment is allowed provided that the construction work has commenced by submitting an undertaking in Form 1C along with re-validation application. In case of Transfer of property to a new owner or lessee, the terms and conditions of the NOC applies to him too.

An application for review may be filed by an applicant by an undertaking under Form 1D only when applicant des not get proposed height as he asked for in the application initially or when NOC has been issued to him but he wants to apply for more height. This review is carried out by NOC Committee.

Appeals

An appeal shall lie to the Appellate committee subject to following conditions and circumstances-

  • If applicant is not satisfied with the height in NOC provided and wishes for greater height clearance under the validity of NOC.
  • The application should be filed by owner and shall be addressed to Chairman, Appellate Committee mentioning the site.
  • Fees for filing an appeal shall be made through payment gateway on NOCAS of Rs. 2 lakhs + GST.
  • In case of Aeronautical study, after its approved by competent authority, fees shall be payable to AAI of Rs. 20 lakhs + GST and study shall be made as per Aeronautical Study Guidelines available on AAI website. Applicant has to file undertaking in Form 1E for such study.
  • After the study has been done by AAI, the report shall be made available to the NOC committee who shall then communicate decision to Designated Officer and accordingly a revised NOC will be issued to the applicant.

FAQs

What is the jurisdiction of the regional offices?

Regional offices at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Guwahati have jurisdiction at Airports for which provide NOCs under administrative control of AAI. For regional offices at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Nagpur the jurisdiction shall be at 56 kms within each respective airport and any other airport that falls in those 56 kms.

Whether fees for appeal to Appellate authority be submitted in any other manner apart from online?

Yes, fees for appeal and aeronautical study can be submitted in a DD in favour of Airports Authority of India payable at New Delhi, but only in cases on application submitted offline.

Where the offline application for appeal be submitted and to whom?

Offline appeal application should be submitted to-The General Manager (ATMNOC)Airports Authority of IndiaRajiv Gandhi Bhawan, BlockA,Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi110 003

Along with the demand draft and other relevant documents and undertakings.

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