Section 2. Authority and Order Use
1-2-1. POLICY
The navigable
airspace is a limited national resource that Congress has charged the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to administer in the public interest
as necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and its efficient use.
Although the FAA must protect the public's right of freedom of transit
through the airspace, full consideration must be given to all airspace
users, to include national defense; commercial and general aviation; and
space operations. Accordingly, while a sincere effort must be made to
negotiate equitable solutions to conflicts over the use of the airspace
for nonaviation purposes, preservation of the navigable airspace for
aviation must be the primary emphasis.
1-2-2. AUTHORITY
AND APPLICABILITY
The authority for
the procedures and associated rules and regulations addressed in this
order are provided in 49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, Part A -
Air Commerce and Safety, and Part B - Airport Development and Noise:
a. Section
40101, Policy.
b. Section
40102, Definitions.
c. Section
40103, Sovereignty and Use of Airspace, and the Public Right of Transit.
d. Section
40106(a), Deviations From Regulations.
e. Section
40109, Authority to Exempt.
f. Section
40113, Administrative.
g. Section
44501(a), Long Range Plans and Policy Requirements.
h. Section
44502, General Facilities and Personnel Authority.
i. Section
44502(c), Military Construction, Rockets, and Missiles.
j. Section
44718, Structures Interfering with Air Commerce.
k. Section
44719, Standards for Navigational Aids.
l. Section
44720, Meteorological Services.
m. Section
44721, Aeronautical Maps and Charts.
n. Section
46104(e), Designating Employees to Conduct Hearings.
o. Section
46301, Civil Penalties.
p. Section
46308, Interference with Air Navigation.
q. Chapter
471, Airport Development - All of Subchapters I and II.
r. Chapter
475, Noise - All of Subchapters I and II.
1-2-3. FUNCTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
Functional
responsibilities of headquarters and regional/service area organizations
referred to in this order are detailed in Order 1100.1, FAA
Organization - Policies and Standards; Order 1100.2, Organization - FAA
Headquarters; and Order 1100.5, FAA Organization - Field.
1-2-4. TITLE 14
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) REFERENCES
a. Part 11,
General Rulemaking Procedures.
b. Part 71,
Designation of Class A, B, C, D, and E Airspace Areas; Air Traffic Service
Routes; and Reporting Points.
c. Part 73,
Special Use Airspace.
d. Part 77,
Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace.
e. Part 91,
General Operating and Flight Rules.
f. Part 93,
Special Air Traffic Rules.
g. Part 95,
IFR Altitudes.
h. Part 97,
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures.
i. Part 101,
Moored Balloons, Kites, Unmanned Rockets and Unmanned Free Balloons.
j. Part 152,
Airport Aid Program.
k. Part 157,
Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation, and Deactivation of
Airports.
l. Chapter
III, Commercial Space Transportation.
m. Chapter
V, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1-2-5. WORD USAGE
The concept of word
usage and intended meaning as used in this order is set forth below:
a. “Shall" or “must" means an action/procedure
is mandatory.
b. “Shall
not" or “must not" means an action/procedure is prohibited.
c. “Should"
is used when application is recommended.
d. “May" and
“need not" are used when application is optional.
e. “Will" is
used only to indicate futurity, never to indicate any degree of
requirement for application of a procedure.
f. “Navigable
airspace" is airspace at or above the minimum altitudes of flight
prescribed by the Code of Federal Regulations, and must include airspace
needed to ensure safety in the takeoff and landing of aircraft. By policy,
the term “airspace above minimum altitudes of flight" is interpreted to
mean “airspace at or above minimum flight altitudes."
g. “Controlled
airspace" is a generic term used to describe Class A, Class B, Class C,
Class D, and Class E airspace.
1-2-6. ABBREVIATIONS
As used in this
manual, TBL 1-2-1 contains abbreviations
found in this order and their meanings.
TBL 1-2-1
FAA Order JO 7400.2 Abbreviations
|
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
|
A/FD |
Airport/Facility
Directory |
|
AAS |
Office of Airport
Safety and Standards |
|
ADO |
Airport District
Office |
|
AE |
Airport Elevation
|
|
AeroNav
|
Aeronautical
Navigation Products |
|
AFS |
Flight Standards
Service |
|
AGC |
Office of the Chief
Counsel |
|
AGL |
Above Ground Level
|
|
AIM |
Aeronautical
Information Management |
|
ALP |
Airport Layout Plan
|
|
APO |
Office of Aviation
Policy and Plans |
|
APP |
Office of Airport
Planning and Programming |
|
ARP |
Airport Reference
Point |
|
ARSR |
Air Route
Surveillance Radar |
|
ARTCC |
Air Route Traffic
Control Center |
|
ARU |
Airborne Radar Unit
|
|
ASR |
Spectrum Policy and
Management |
|
AST |
Office of
Commercial Space Transportation |
|
ATC |
Air Traffic Control
|
|
ATCAA |
Air Traffic Control
Assigned Airspace |
|
ATCRBS |
Air Traffic Control
Radar Beacon System |
|
ATCSCC |
David J. Hurley Air
Traffic Control System Command Center |
|
ATCT |
Airport Traffic
Control Tower |
|
ATO |
Air Traffic
Organization |
|
ATREP |
Air Traffic
Representative |
|
CARF |
Central Altitude
Reservation Function |
|
CDRH |
Center for Devices
and Radiological Health |
|
CFA |
Controlled Firing
Area |
|
CFZ |
Critical Flight
Zone |
|
CFR |
Code of Federal
Regulations |
|
CP |
Construction Permit
|
|
DF |
Directional Finder
|
|
DME |
Distance Measuring
Equipment |
|
DMS |
Docket Management
System |
|
DNE |
Does Not Exceed
|
|
DNH |
Determination of No
Hazard |
|
DOD |
Department of
Defense |
|
DOH |
Determination of
Hazard |
|
EBO |
Exceeds But Okay
|
|
EMI |
Electromagnetic
Interference |
|
ERP |
Effective Radiated
Power |
|
FAAO |
Federal Aviation
Administration Order |
|
FACSFAC
|
Fleet Area Control
and Surveillance Facility |
|
FCC |
Federal
Communications Commission |
|
FDA |
Food and Drug
Administration |
|
FL |
Flight Level
|
|
FPT |
Flight Procedures
Team |
|
FSDO |
Flight Standards
District Office |
|
FSS |
Flight Service
Station |
|
GAO |
Government
Accountability Office |
|
HIL |
High Intensity
Light |
|
IAP |
Instrument Approach
Procedure |
|
ICAO |
International Civil
Aviation Organization |
|
IFR |
Instrument Flight
Rules |
|
ILS |
Instrument Landing
System |
|
IR |
IFR Military
Training Route |
|
IRAC |
Interdepartmental
Radio Advisory Committee |
|
J |
Joule |
|
L/MF |
Low/Medium
Frequency |
|
LFZ |
Laser Free Zone
|
|
LLWG |
Local Laser Working
Group |
|
LMM |
Middle Compass
Locator |
|
LOA |
Letter of Agreement
|
|
LOD |
Letter of
Determination |
|
LOM |
Outer Compass
Locator |
|
LSO |
Laser Safety
Officer |
|
MAJCOM |
Military Major
Command |
|
MCA |
Minimum Crossing
Altitude |
|
MCP |
Minimum Crossing
Point |
|
MEA |
Minimum En Route
Altitude |
|
MHA |
Minimum Holding
Altitude |
|
MIA |
Minimum IFR
Altitude |
|
MLS |
Microwave Landing
System |
|
MOA |
Military Operations
Area |
|
MOCA |
Minimum Obstruction
Clearance Altitude |
|
MPE |
Maximum Permissible
Exposure |
|
MRAD |
Milliradian
|
|
MRU |
Military Radar Unit
|
|
MSA |
Minimum Safe
Altitude |
|
MSL |
Mean Sea Level
|
|
MTR |
Military Training
Route |
|
MVA |
Minimum Vectoring
Altitude |
|
NAD |
North American
Datum |
|
NAS |
National Airspace
System |
|
NASA |
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration |
|
NAVAID |
Navigational Aid
|
|
NDB |
Nondirectional
Radio Beacon |
|
NEPA |
National
Environmental Policy Act |
|
NFDD |
National Flight
Data Digest |
|
NFZ |
Normal Flight Zone
|
|
NM |
Nautical Mile
|
|
NPH |
Notice of Presumed
Hazard |
|
NOHD |
Nominal Ocular
Hazard Distance |
|
NOTAM |
Notice to Airmen
|
|
NPIAS |
National Plan of
Integrated Airport Systems |
|
NPRM |
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking |
|
NR |
Nonrulemaking
|
|
NRA |
Nonrulemaking
Airport |
|
NSA |
National Security
Area |
|
NWS |
National Weather
Service |
|
OE |
Obstruction
Evaluation |
|
OE/AAA |
Obstruction
Evaluation/Airport Airspace Analysis |
|
OFZ |
Obstacle Free Zone
|
|
PAPI |
Precision Approach
Path Indicator |
|
PFC |
Passenger Facility
Charge |
|
PL |
Public Law
|
|
PSR |
Project Status
Request |
|
RBS |
Radar Bomb Site
|
|
REIL |
Runway End
Identifier Lights |
|
RNAV |
Area Navigation
|
|
ROFA |
Runway Object Free
Area |
|
RPZ |
Runway Protection
Zone |
|
RVR |
Runway Visual Range
|
|
RVV |
Runway Visibility
Value |
|
SFZ |
Sensitive Flight
Zone |
|
SIAP |
Standard Instrument
Approach Procedure |
|
SMO |
System Maintenance
and Operations |
|
SR |
Scientific/Research
Lasers |
|
STAR |
Standard Terminal
Arrival Route |
|
SUA |
Special Use
Airspace |
|
TERABA |
Termination/Abandoned Letter |
|
TEREXP |
Termination/Expired
Letter |
|
TERPS |
United States
Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures |
|
TERPSR |
Termination Project
Status Letter |
|
TOFA |
Taxiway Object Free
Area |
|
USC |
United States Code
|
|
UTC |
Coordinated
Universal Time |
|
VASI |
Visual Approach
Slope Indicator |
|
VFR |
Visual Flight Rule
|
|
VGSI |
Visual Glide Scope
Indicator |
|
VOR |
Very High Frequency
Omnidirectional Range |
|
VORTAC |
Very High Frequency
Omni-Directional Radio Range and Tactical Air Navigation Aid
|
|
VR |
VFR Military
Training Route |
|
