Advisory Circulars

Contains the specifications for containers designed to serve as airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes, and accessories. Provides the basic standard requirements for critical dimensions and performance requirements to which all manufacturers must demonstrate compliance.

Date Cancelled: 10-17-2006

Contains specification for containers designed to serve as airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes and related accessories. Please Read: Changes to AC 150/5345-42D and Change to Effective Date of AC 150/5345-42D.

Date Cancelled: 05-08-2006

Contains the specification for radio control equipment to be used for controlling airport lighting facilities.

Date Cancelled: 06-27-2007

Provides guidance to irport operators, consultants, and design engineers on preparing procurement specifications for sensor systems that monitor and report runway surface conditions.

Provides information on courss and reference materials for training of aircraft and firefighting (ARFF) personnel.

Date Cancelled: 04-28-2006

Provides guidance for conducting predesign, prebid, and preconstruction conferences for projects funded under the FAA airport grant program.

Date Cancelled: 09-30-2009

Contains the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards for Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems, which provide pilots with visual glideslope guidance during approach for landing.

Date Cancelled: 09-29-2011

Date Cancelled: 04-12-2005

Provides guidance, specifications, and standards for painting, marking, and lighting of vehicles operating in the airport air operations area (AOA).

Date Cancelled: 04-01-2010

Provides basic information on the characteristics, management, and regulations of industrial wastes generated at airports.

Date Cancelled: 09-08-2008
Cancelled By: 150/5320-15A

Provides recommended guidelines for maintenance of airport visual aid facilities.

Date Cancelled: 09-30-2009

Contains the FAA specifications for low-impact resistant (LIR) structures used to support approach lighting systems (ALS) at airports.

Date Cancelled: 04-06-2007
Cancelled By: 150/5345-45C

Provides guidance on the design of a lighted visual aid to indicate temporary runway closure.

Date Cancelled: 06-27-2007

Provides recommendations for heliport design that apply to the construction, activation, and deactivation of heliports.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as a single file (see Complete) and as several smaller files (see Parts 1-4).

Date Cancelled: 04-24-2012

Date Cancelled: 09-30-2004

Provides guidance on understanding, identifying, preventing, and mitigating alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in fresh and hardened Portland cement concrete airfield pavements.

Date Cancelled: 09-30-2009

Provides guidance on understanding, identifying, preventing, and mitigating alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in fresh and hardened Portland cement concrete airfield pavements. Version A deletes Chapter 8 of Appendix 1 to remove all reference to the dilatometer test protocol. The test protocol may be reinstated when fully developed.

Revised guidance will be provided in the future. For additional guidance and technical information on identifying distresses in airfield pavements, see the current version of AC 150/5380-6, Guidelines and Procedures for Maintenance of Airport Pavements.

Date Cancelled: 06-11-2011

Provides guidelines and procedures for maintenance of rigid and flexible airport pavements.

Date Cancelled: 09-28-2007

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of a family of aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Date Cancelled: 09-24-2007
Cancelled By: 150/5220-10D

Contains performance standards, specification, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of water/foam aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Date Cancelled: 02-18-2002

Contains performance standards, specification, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of water/foam aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Date Cancelled: 10-20-1997

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of a family of small, dual agent aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of devices used to assist in the boarding of airline passengers with mobility impairments.

Date Cancelled: 06-29-2012

Contains information, references, and guidelines for a family of aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles. Vehicles meeting this standard satisfy Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139, Certification of Airports, and meet the requirements for airport response to aircraft fire fighting.

This AC cancels AC 150/5220-19, Guide Specification for Small, Dual Agent Aircraft Rescue, and Firefighting Vehicles (December 7, 1993).

This AC incorporates NFPA 414.0 (2007 edition) by reference, with noted additions, exceptions, and amendments. The AC should be read in conjunction with the NFPA Standards. To access the NFPA Standards, visit www.nfpa.org.

Date Cancelled: 05-31-2011

Provides the specifications for the collection of airport survey data through field and office methodologies in support of aeronautical information and airport engineering surveys. It also explains how to submit data to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which will forward the data to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) for quality control purposes. The primary purpose of these general guidelines and specifications is to list the requirements for aeronautical surveys conducted at airports in support of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Surveying–GIS Program. Note to Users: Not all agreed upon comments received have been incorporated into this version of the document. However, they may be incorporated in the next revision after due technical review and consultation with industry.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as several smaller files (see Parts 1-3).

Date Cancelled: 09-15-2007