Federal Aviation Administration

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Federal Aviation Administration - FAA -
State level	Federation
position	Aviation Authority
Supervisory authority	United States Department of Transportation
founding	23rd August 1958
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Authority management	Stephen Dickson
Servants	48805 (as of FY 2011)
Budget volume	$ 16.5 billion (as of FY 2011)
Web presence	www.faa.gov

The Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ; German  " Federal Aviation Administration " ), the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States and as the authority one administrative part of the US Department of Transportation , headquartered in Washington, DC in Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center .

tasks

The main task of the agency is to issue advisory circulars (AC), airworthiness directives (AD), and guidelines ( FARs ) for all air traffic in the United States in order to take preventive measures to prevent accidents. The FAA was founded on August 23, 1958 by the US Congress as the Federal Aviation Agency due to several serious aircraft accidents . The two previous administrations Civil Aeronautics Administration and Airways Modernization Board were combined in the authority. In 1967 it became part of the US Department of Transportation and has operated under its current name ever since. In its range of tasks, it is comparable to the German Federal Aviation Office and the European Aviation Safety Agency .

The data and statistics collected by the FAA are made available in the public database Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing System (ASIAS) .

FAA administrators

• Elwood R. Quesada
• Najeeb Halaby
• William F. McKee
• John H. Shaffer
• Alexander Butterfield
• John L. McLucas
• Langhorne Bond
• J. Lynn Helms
• Donald D. Engen
• T. Allan McArtor
• James B. Busey
• Thomas C. Richards
• David R. Hinson
• Jane Garvey
• Marion Blakey
• Robert A. Sturgell
• Lynne Osmus
• Randy Babbitt
• Michael P. Huerta

Illustrations

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  FAA building in Washington, D.C.

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  FAA map: Schematic representation of an airport

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  FAA orientation system for airports

See also

• Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)
• Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB; U.S. Transportation Agency for the investigation of accidents in the transportation sector)

Web links

Commons : Federal Aviation Administration  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Stephen Dickson, longtime Delta Air Lines executive, confirmed by Senate as head of the Federal Aviation Administration" Washington Post, July 27, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b} U.S. Department of Transportation FY 2011 Budget Estimates FAA ( Memento September 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 18.4 MB), accessed October 10, 2019
3. ↑ www.asias.faa.gov Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system. Accessed November 25, 2013.