Advisory Circulars

Encompasses the basic civil rights requirements for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The AC is intended for sponsors using program assistance and for contractors and subcontractors working on projects under the program.

This AC is superseded by 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 23 (Airport Concessions) and Part 26 (Federally Assisted Contracts).

Date Cancelled: 03-05-2012

Provides guidance for the submission of the PFC application. View more recent versions of the PFC Application.

Date Cancelled: 03-05-2012

Sets forth recordkeeping requirements imposed on sponsor of Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) and Planning Grant Program (PGP) projects funded by the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, as amended. In addition, Federal regulations require a sponsor to establish and maintain a financial management system that meets the standards set forth in Part 152, Appendix K. This circular provides detailed explanations of these requirements.

This AC is superseded by more recent accounting and record-keeping requirements found in the current version of FAA Order 5100.38, Airport Improvement Program Handbook.

Date Cancelled: 03-05-2012

Explains how to compute airport capacity and aircraft delay for airport planning and design. Reflects the increased capacity resulting from the recent change in parallel runway separation criteria, adds a procedure for calculating savings associated with a reduction in aircraft delay, and updates the capacity and delay computer program references.

Date Cancelled: 07-15-2009

Date Cancelled: 07-15-2009

Date Cancelled: 07-15-2009

This advisory circular announces the availability of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Sys- tems (NPIAS) 1993-1997.

Date Cancelled: 12-31-2007

Provides guidance for the submission of the All Cargo Carrier Activity Report (revised as of March 1993).

Date Cancelled: 05-01-2007

Provides guidance to airport planners and operators in the use of tree and vegetation screens in and around airports.

Date Cancelled: 09-14-2010

Date Cancelled: 06-01-2006

Advisory Circular Checklist and Status of Other FAA Publications

Date Cancelled: 07-01-2004
Cancelled By: 00.2-15

Advisory Circular Checklist and Status of Other FAA Publications

Date Cancelled: 01-08-2003
Cancelled By: 00.2-14

Date Cancelled: 07-29-2008
Cancelled By: 25.856-2A

Provides guidance for compliance with the provisions of 14 CFR Part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) pertaining to the damage-tolerance and fatigue evaluation requirements for transport category aircraft structure. It also provides guidelines for the evaluation of scatter factors for the determination of life for parts categorized as safe-life.

Date Cancelled: 01-13-2011

Provides guidance material to manufacturers and operators of transport category airplanes for use in developing a continuing structural integrity program to ensure safe operation of older airplanes throughout their operational lives. This guidance material applies to large transport airplanes which were certified under the fail-safe and fatigue requirements of Civil Air Regulations (CAR) 4b o 14 CFR part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), prior to Amendment 25-45, and which have a maximum gross weight greater than 75,000 pounds. Guidance material on this subject for other transports is provided in AC 91-60. The procedures set forth by this AC are applicable to the large transport category airplanes operated under Subpart D of part 91, and parts 121 and 125.

Date Cancelled: 04-29-1998
Cancelled By: 91-56A

Date Cancelled: 03-07-2008
Cancelled By: 91-56B

Provides information and guidance regarding an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with the portions of Sections 25.785 and 121.311 of the FAR, which deals with flight attendant seats.

Date Cancelled: 05-11-2010

Provides guidance material on a means, but not the only means, of compliance with the FAR concerning (1) conduct of full-scale emergency evacuation demonstrations, and (2) use analysis and tests for emergency evacuation demonstrations in lieu of conducting an actual demonstration.

Date Cancelled: 03-12-2012

Provides guidance on the selection, documentation, and control of Certification Maintenance Requirements (CMR’s).

Date Cancelled: 10-03-2011

Provides instructions to ensure continued airworthiness of structural repairs on transport category airplanes. It addresses the approval procedures to follow when making structural repairs to structure certificated under the damage tolerance requirements of Section 25.571 of FAR, Amendment 25-45, and to type designs with Supplemental Inspection Documents, which were based on these criteria.

Date Cancelled: 11-20-2007
Cancelled By: 25.1529-1A

Date Cancelled: 09-19-2008
Cancelled By: 25.981-1C