Authority and Order Use

Section 2. Authority and Order Use

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 non-aviation purposes, preservation of the navigable airspace for aviation must be the primary emphasis.

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:

Section 40101, Policy.
Section 40102, Definitions.
Section 40103, Sovereignty and Use of Airspace, and the Public Right of Transit.
Section 40106(a), Deviations From Regulations.
Section 40109, Authority to Exempt.
Section 106(f), Authority of the Secretary and the Administrator.
Section 106(g), Duties and Powers of Authority.
Section 40113, Administrative.
Section 44501(a), Long Range Plans and Policy Requirements.
Section 44502, General Facilities and Personnel Authority.
Section 44502(c), Military Construction, Rockets, and Missiles.
Section 44718, Structures Interfering with Air Commerce.
Section 44719, Standards for Navigational Aids.
Section 44720, Meteorological Services.
Section 44721, Aeronautical Maps and Charts.
Section 46104(e), Designating Employees to Conduct Hearings.
Section 46301, Civil Penalties.
Section 46308, Interference with Air Navigation.
Chapter 471, Airport Development - All of Subchapters I and II.
Chapter 475, Noise - All of Subchapters I and II.

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.

TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) REFERENCES

Part 11, General Rulemaking Procedures.
Part 71, Designation of Class A, B, C, D, and E Airspace Areas; Air Traffic Service Routes; and Reporting Points.
Part 73, Special Use Airspace.
Part 77, Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace.
Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules.
Part 93, Special Air Traffic Rules.
Part 95, IFR Altitudes.
Part 97, Standard Instrument Approach Procedures.
Part 101, Moored Balloons, Kites, Amateur Rockets, Unmanned Free Balloons, and Certain Model Aircraft.
Part 152, Airport Aid Program.
Part 157, Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation, and Deactivation of Airports.
Chapter III, Commercial Space Transportation.
Chapter V, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

WORD MEANING

As used in this Order:

“Must" means an action/procedure is mandatory.
“Must not" means an action/procedure is prohibited.
“Should" is used when application is recommended.
“May" and “need not" are used when application is optional.
“Will" is used only to indicate futurity, never to indicate any degree of requirement for application of a procedure.
“Navigable airspace" means airspace at or above the minimum flight altitudes prescribed by the Code of Federal Regulations, including airspace needed for safe takeoff and landing.
“Controlled airspace" is a generic term used to describe Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E airspace.
“Uncontrolled Airspace” (Class G) is airspace that has not been designated by rule as Class A, B, C, D, or E.

ABBREVIATIONS

See TBL 1-2-1 for a list of abbreviations used in this Order.

TBL 1-2-1

FAA Order JO 7400.2 Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
AAS	Office of Airport Safety and Standards
ADO	Airport District Office
AE	Airport Elevation
AFS	Flight Standards Service
AGC	Office of the Chief Counsel
AGL	Above Ground Level
AIM	Aeronautical Information Manual
AIS	Aeronautical Information Services
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	Airport Surveillance Radar
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	Direction 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
Abbreviation	Meaning
MCA	Minimum Crossing Altitude
MCP	Minimum Crossing Point
MEA	Minimum En Route Altitude
MHA	Minimum Holding Altitude
MIA	Minimum IFR Altitude
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
MSWLF	Municipal Solid Waste Landfill
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 Scoring
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
SID	Standard Instrument Departure
SMO	System Maintenance and Operations
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 Rules
VGSI	Visual Glide Scope Indicator
VOR	Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range
VORTAC	Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range/Tactical Air Navigation Aid
VR	VFR Military Training Route