Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ), the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. She is an administrative authority as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, headquartered in Washington, DC Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center.

The purpose of the authority is primarily to safety rules and regulations ( FARs ) to adopt for all air traffic in the United States to take preventive measures to avoid accidents. The FAA was founded on 23 August 1958 by the U.S. Congress as the Federal Aviation Agency ( Federal Aviation Office ) due to several serious air accidents. In the Authority, the two previous administrations Civil Aeronautics Administration Airways Modernization Board and were combined. In 1967, she became part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and has since been trading under its current name. In their range of tasks it is comparable to the German Federal Aviation Office and the European Aviation Safety Agency.

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

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

Pictures

FAA map: Schematic representation of an airport

FAA guidance system for airports

Randolph Babbitt

Federal Aviation Regulations National Transportation Safety Board
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