Tampa FSDO
Office Hours/Contact Us
5601 Mariner St., Suite 310
Tampa, FL 33609-3416
Phone: (813) 287-4900
Fax: (813) 287-4940
Email: 7-ASO-TPA-FSDO@FAA.GOV
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, excluding holidays.
NOTE: To report an aircraft accident or incident outside of business hours, please contact the Regional Emergency Operations Office at 404-305-5180 and the NTSB. Report an Aircraft Accident to the NTSB
Report an Aircraft Accident to the NTSB
Office visits by appointment only.
***International visitors – please send us an email to request a Foreign Visitor Intake Form. Agency checks must be conducted before an appointment will be allowed to proceed.
- Tampa FSDO Service Area Map (PDF)
- (For an accessible version of this document, please contact mary.dowtin@faa.gov)
- Feedback Form
NOTE: Only the person with the appointment will be admitted into the facility. By entering the facility, all visitors and items of possession are subject to inspection. It is a federal offense to bring firearms, explosives, weapons, or other prohibited items into the facility. Do not bring anything into the FSDO unless it is essential to the official business to be conducted. All items brought into the FSDO must be fully exposed and easily viewed (examples include, but are not limited to, folders and papers to conduct official business).
The Tampa FSDO is not the appropriate office for addressing aircraft noise concerns. See below for more information.
Aircraft operating near an airport for takeoff and landing may be in compliance with Federal Regulation 91.119.
Aircraft Noise Complaints & Inquiries should be submitted to the Regional FAA Aviation Noise Ombudsman. Please contact the FAA Noise Ombudsman (206-231-4202) for Aircraft Noise Complaints within the Tampa FSDO jurisdiction.
Safety related aircraft concerns in our service area are the responsibility of the Tampa FSDO and should be submitted via the FAA Hotline Web Form or by contacting the FSDO directly.
Please reference the Low-Flying Aircraft PDF for a checklist of information needed to submit a complaint. Additional information is also included to explain instances where aircraft may be operating within the regulatory requirements for certain operations.
- Applicants for and holders of Mechanic Certificates with Airframe and/or Powerplant Ratings:
- Testing authorization
- Changes of certificates
- Change of citizenship
- Change of gender
- Name change
- Change of date of birth
- Change of address and replacement certificates can be done online at Airmen On-Line Services
- Applicants for an airworthiness certificate, replacement airworthiness certificate, Aircraft N Number changes, can be submitted as follows:
Note: All replacement certificates are processed through the AWC portal.
The FAA may issue an applicant an airworthiness certificate when:
- Registered owner or operator/agent registers aircraft,
- Applicant submits application to the local FAA servicing office, and
- FAA determines the aircraft is eligible and in a condition for safe operation.
Please use FAA’s AWC External Portal, which provides applicants the ability to submit Airworthiness applications for the following:
- Standard Airworthiness Certificates
- Special Flight Authorizations
- Replacement Airworthiness Certificates
- Special Airworthiness Certificates
- Amended Airworthiness Certificates
- Multiple Airworthiness Certificates
- Special Flight Permits (Ferry Permits) – issued by the FSDO/IFO geographically responsible for the area in which the flight is to originate. This does not apply to 121/135 certificate holders.
- Exchange of Airworthiness Certificates
The Tampa FSDO encourages the use of Designated Airworthiness Representatives for airworthiness certification. DAR Locator
For expediency, Tampa Flight Standards District Office recommends contacting an FAA designee (DPE) first for the following services:
- CFI Renewals
- Private Pilot Certificate Based on Foreign Certificate
- Military Competency (MILCOMP)
- SIC type rating applications
- SOE restriction removals
- Restricted ATP limitation removal
- Student pilot certificates (seeking Private or Sport privileges)
- Ground Instructor applications (Basic, Advanced and Instrument)
- Remote Pilot Certificates (See Unmanned Aircraft Systems below)
- Medical Flight Test (MFT)
- Practical Tests requiring Oral and/or flight for Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Airline Transport Pilot, Flight Instructor, and additional Aircraft Ratings
Note: The Integrated Airmen Certification and Rating Application (IACRA) must be utilized for the above services. A help manual is provided on the IACRA website.
*To locate a Designee, an airman can visit the Designee Locator website.
Appointments scheduled through the Tampa FSDO:
- Initial Gold Seal
- Gender Change
- Place of Birth / Date of Birth Corrections
- Name Change / Correction
- Nationality Change
The Small UAS Rule (Part 107), including all pilot and operating rules, is in effect as of 12:01 a.m. EDT on August 29, 2016.
The Tampa FSDO is not accepting appointments at this time for Remote Pilot Certificates.
- The following link may be helpful for UAS and Remote Pilot Certificate questions:
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
- FAA UAS – Everything you need to operate your UAS in the National Airspace System
- Commercial Operator Regulations – 14 C.F.R. Part 107 – Small UAS Rule Regulations
- Recreational Hobbyist Laws – 49 U.S.C. §44809 – Exception for limited recreational operations of Unmanned aircraft
- Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) – Automated system for attaining airspace authorizations at LAANC- capable airports. Partners with several smart phone apps (Airmap, Kittyhawk, etc.) to allow operators to attain instantaneous authorization to operate in controlled airspace.
- UAS Facility Maps – Depict the maximum altitudes that a UAS may be operated (with authorization from ATC in controlled airspace) LAANC-capable airports are depicted in green, non LAANC-capable airports are depicted in red
- FAA DroneZone – Register your UAS, attain a waiver from Part 107 regulations, or attain an airspace authorization for non-LAANC capable airspace.
Aiming a laser at an aircraft is a serious safety risk and violates federal law. Many high-powered lasers can completely incapacitate pilots who are trying to fly safely to their destinations and may be carrying hundreds of passengers.
Please refer to laser safety for more details and an informational video on the civil and criminal penalties for pointing a laser at an aircraft.
Audience
Aircraft
- Amateur-Built Aircraft
- Light Sport
- Accident & Incident Data
- Airworthiness Certification
- Ferry Permit (Information)
- AWC Link (Airworthiness Certification Process)
- AWC External Portal (Login)
- Field Approvals
- Registration
- Safety Alerts (AD, SAIB, SDR, & More)
- Technical Information (TCDS, TSO, STC, PMA, MMEL