FAA Electronic Reading Room
Overview
In accordance with 5 USC 552(a)(2), the following four categories of records (“Reading Room” records) are available without the need for a FOIA request. Only Reading Room records created on or after November 1, 1996 must be made available electronically, and we make them available here.
Reading Room
Our Electronic Reading Room does not include records published in the Federal Register or regulations published in the Code of Federal Regulations, but those and other non-reading room records may be found on other FAA Web sites (including some of the sites that are linked to from this Electronic Reading Room).
Category 1: Final Opinions/Orders in Adjudicated Cases
- Acquisition Dispute Resolution Opinions
- Civil Penalty Adjudicated Cases
- Decisions under 14 CFR Part 13 and 14 CFR Part 16
Category 2: Policy Statements/Interpretations
- Acquisition Management System
- Current & Historical FAA Regulations
- Regulatory Interpretations and Chief Counsel's Opinions
Category 3: Manuals/Instructions to Staff Affecting the Public
Category 4: Records Frequently Requested under FOIA
-
Accident & Incident Data
-
Air Traffic Controller Workforce
- Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan
- Last Chance Decisions
- Overtime Hours & Costs
- Hotline Complaints Summary, January 2022-July 2023
- FAA Part 121 Air Carriers Incidents Resulting in Certain Losses of Standard Separation Occurring,
2022-2023 - Copies of ATC-Alert ATC-Limited ATC-Zero FAA Forms 7230-4 Created, 2022-2023
- Aircraft Usage for FAA Aircraft N1, N2, and N3 from 1-20-21 to 12-13-22
-
Aviation Safety Hotline System
-
Boeing 737 Max Reading Room
-
Civil Penalties
-
Proposed Civil Penalties
-
Settlement Agreements
-
-
FAA Employee Information
- Employee Email & Duty Station (as of June 2024)
- Desk Phone Numbers (as of June 2024)
-
FOIA Logs
-
Laser News, Laws & Civil Penalties
- Lycoming Crankshaft Special Certification Report (September 2004)
-
McKinsey & Company
Publications -
Mid-air Skydiving Plane Swap
-
Minority Serving Institutions
-
Obstruction Evaluation / Airport Airspace Analysis (OE/AAA)
-
Pilot Records
-
Purchase Card Holders
-
Record of Decision
-
Stale-dated & Uncashed Checks
-
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) & Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS)
- Geographic Listing of Hobbyist & Non-hobbyist Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Registry Enrollments & Registrants
- Reported Encounters with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Facility Maps
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Remote ID Data Exchange Cohort
- Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Waivers
-
Wings Over Dallas Airshow Collision (2022) - No Accident Package Created
- Air Traffic Control Audio File
- Air Traffic Control Radar Playback File (WMV | ZIP *)
* Compressed Pilot Playback Data (.ppb)
Access to Non-Digital Records
Other Reading Room records maintained by FAA can be accessed from the DOT Dockets Office.
DOT Dockets Office
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room W12-140
Washington, DC 20590
Telephone: (202) 366-9322 or (202) 366-9826
Toll-Free: (800) 647-5527
Hours of Operation: 9:00-5:00 ET, Monday-Friday, except Federal holidays
A computer terminal and printer are available at this location for accessing Electronic Reading Room records.