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Messieurs Levine and Bythway,
Since you have asked basically the same question about the legal carriage of firearms at the Norfolk International Airport, I am taking the liberty of responding to both of you at the same time. The Norfolk Airport Authority, the owner and operator of the Norfolk International Airport, and a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is governed on this matter by Section 18.2-287.01, Carrying weapon in air carrier airport terminal, of the Code of Virginia. This Section, which was amended by Senate Bill 660 effective July 1, 2004, states in part:
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport into any air carrier airport terminal in the Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon, and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, tasers, stun weapons, and those weapons specified in subsection A of 18.2-308.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, game warden, or conservator of the peace employed by the air carrier airport, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to any passenger of an airline who, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, transports a lawful firearm, weapon, or ammunition into or out of an air carrier airport terminal for the sole purposes, respectively, of (i) presenting such firearm, weapon, or ammunition to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an international flight, in order to comply with federal law, (ii) checking in such firearm, weapon, or ammunition with his luggage, or (iii) retrieving such firearm, weapon, or ammunition from the baggage claim area.
Any other statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance specifically addressing the possession or transportation of weapons in any airport in the Commonwealth shall be invalid, and this section shall control.
This section allows the legal carriage of firearms, both open and concealed, on airport property outside of the terminal buildings. The airfield areas are governed by Federal Transportation Security Regulations.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you require additional information regarding this matter.
Best regards,
Robert Bowen.
Robert S. Bowen A.A.E.
Director of Operations
Norfolk Airport Authority
Norfolk International Airport
2200 Norview Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia 23518
Office: 757.857.3484
Fax: 757.857.3265