wise purchaser wrote:

I have been told that if an airport takes ANY $$$$ from the Federal
Gov't for airport improvements that they cannot stop me from filling
MY tanks with auto gas on the ramp.

Is this true??


A few passages from todays Beech List, also talking about this same issue.





According to AC150-5190-8c, that's true, but they can require you to
adhere to the local safety rules.



From AC150-5109:

2. Restrictions on Self-Service. An aircraft owner or operator may
tie down, adjust, repair, refuel,
clean, and otherwise service his/her own aircraft, provided the
service is performed by the aircraft
owner/operator or his/her employees with resources supplied by the
aircraft owner or operator.
Moreover, the service must be conducted in accordance with reasonable
rules, regulations or
standards established by the airport sponsor. Any unreasonable
restriction imposed on the owners or
operators of aircraft regarding the servicing of their own aircraft
may be construed as an exclusive
rights violation. In accordance with the FAA grant assurances:

(1) An airport sponsor may not prevent an owner or operator of an
aircraft from performing
services on his/her own aircraft with his/her own employees and
equipment. Restrictions
imposed by an airport sponsor that have the effect of channeling self-
service activities to a
commercial aeronautical service provider may be an exclusive rights
violation.

(2) An airport sponsor must reasonably provide for self-servicing
activity but is not obligated to
lease airport facilities and land for such activity. That is, the
airport sponsor is not required to
encumber the airport with leases and facilities for self-servicing
activity, and

(3) An airport sponsor is under no obligation to permit aircraft
owners or operators to introduce
equipment, personnel, or practices on the airport that would be
unsafe, unsightly, or detrimental
to the public welfare or that would affect the efficient use of
airport facilities by the public.






Furthermo

o. Self-Fueling and Self-Service. Self-fueling means the fueling or
servicing of an aircraft (i.e.
changing the oil, washing) by the owner of the aircraft with his or
her own employees and using his
or her own equipment. Self-fueling and other self-services cannot be
contracted out to another party.
Self-fueling implies using fuel obtained by the aircraft owner from
the source of his/her preference.
As one of many self-service activities that can be conducted by the
aircraft owner or operator by his
or her own employees using his or her own equipment, self-fueling,
differs from using a self-service
fueling pump made available by the airport, an FBO or an aeronautical
service provider. The use of a
self-service fueling pump is a commercial activity and is not
considered self-fueling as defined herein
9 AC 150/5190-6 1/4/2007
and can be subject to minimum standards. In addition to self-fueling,
other self-service activities that
can be performed by the aircraft owner with his or her own employees
includes activities such as
maintaining, repairing, cleaning, and otherwise providing service to
an aircraft, provided the service
is performed by the aircraft owner or his/her employees with
resources supplied by the aircraft
owner. Title 14 CFR Part 43 permits the holder of a pilot certificate
to perform specific types of
preventative maintenance on any aircraft owned or operated by the pilot.