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Great Lakes Region

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About Us

The Great Lakes Office of the Regional Administrator is one of nine offices that comprise National Engagement and Regional Administration. The Regional Administrator, as the Senior FAA Official in the geographic area, provides leadership on key agency priorities, such as horizontal integration across the FAA Lines of Business and Staff Offices to ensure the Agency is providing consistent stakeholder support and engagement.

The office partners with Federal, state and local governments and others to promote aviation safety and education across the region. The office addresses airspace and procedure modernization, runway safety, aviation workforce development, finance, information technology, policy, human resources, and civil rights.

Areas Served

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  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin

Background

The eight states of the FAA's Great Lakes Region are home to four of the nation's Core 30 airports, where passengers travel by day, and cargo rumbles through by night in this busy central swath of the nation. Great Lakes is home to O'Hare International Airport, which handles the most aircraft in the world. Great Lakes is also the home of tiny Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which, for one week in July, will often handle more traffic in ten hours than Chicago O'Hare and Atlanta Hartsfield will handle in a full day. Oshkosh is the home of the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture Oshkosh, the largest general aviation fly-in there is.

STEM Aviation and Space Education

Within the region, the FAA's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Aviation and Space Education (AVSED) Program is an integral part of agency outreach and the national education system. The program was established to expose students to aviation and aerospace careers and to promote STEM education.

FAA Regional Administrators

FAA's nine Regional Administrator offices are strategically located across the country, each serving the public by supporting and coordinating operation of a national airspace system that ensures airports are safe, efficient, environmentally responsible, and meet the needs of travelers.

Noise Concerns & Inquiries

File a noise concern or inquiry in the Great Lakes Region.

FAA Community Engagement

The FAA is committed to inform and involve the public, engage with communities and give meaningful consideration to community concerns and views as we make aviation decisions that affect them.

Airspace and Airport Projects

Documented Categorical Exclusion (CATEX)

Chicago O’Hare Fly Quiet 21 Proposal

FAA Workshops and Informal Airspace Meetings
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) Virtual Informal Airspace Meetings

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