Provides guidance to the public for the design and evaluation of pavements at civil airports.

Provides guidance for conducting predesign, prebid, and preconstruction conferences for projects funded under the FAA airport grant program.

Contains the FAA specification for obstruction lighting equipment. See also the following Engineering Briefs:

• EB 67: Light Sources Other than Incandescent and Xenon for Airport and Obstruction Lighting Fixtures
• EB 76: Using Solar Power for Airport Obstruction Lighting

Provides guidance for reporting construction progress of projects under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

Provides guidance for airport sponsors in the selection and employment of architectural, engineering, and planning consultants under Federal Aviation Administration airport grant programs.

Contains the specification for plug and receptacle (cable connectors) used with underground power cables, isolation transformer leads, and light fixture leads for airport lighting systems.

Provides guidance to assist operators in planning, designing, and constructing seaplane base facilities.

Provides guidance on Aircraft Fire Extinguishing Agents and provides an acceptable methodology for complying with Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 139, Certification of Airports.

Provides recommended guidelines for maintenance of airport visual aid facilities.

Contains the specifications for radio control equipment to be used for controlling airport lighting facilities.

Provides the specifications for the collection of airport survey data through field and office methodologies in support of aeronautical information and airport engineering surveys.

Provides guidance for using the standardized International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) method to report airport pavement strength.

Provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids.

See also--

• Airport Technical Advisory on Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) (below)
• The Design, Installation, and Maintenance of In-Pavement Airport Lighting (PDF) by Arthur S.

Contains the FAA standards for retroreflective markers for airport runways and taxiways. See also Errata Sheet below.

Describes the Airport Lighting Equipment Certification Program (ALECP). See also the Addendum and an explanation of FAA's interim Non-Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Parts Certification Program.

Provides guidance to irport operators, consultants, and design engineers on preparing procurement specifications for sensor systems that monitor and report runway surface conditions.

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for DEVS.

Contains the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards for Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems, which provide pilots with visual glideslope guidance during approach for landing.

Announces the availability of RTCA Inc., Document RTCA-221, Guidance and Recommended Requirements for Airport Surface Movement Sensors.

Provides guidance to airport owners and inspectors on using FAA Forms 5010-3 and 5010-5.

Specifies minimum requirements for an Airport Lighting Control and Monitoring System (ALCMS), which simplifies the control and monitoring of lighted visual aids and enhances airport safety.

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of a family of aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Contains the specifications for discharge-type flashing light equipment to be used for runway end identifier lights (REIL) and for an omnidirectional approach lightning system (ODALS).

Contains specification for containers designed to serve as airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes and related accessories.

Provides standards for the construction of airports. Items covered include general provisions, earthwork, flexible base courses, rigid base courses, flexible surface courses, rigid pavement, fencing, drainage, turfing, and lighting installation.

Provides guidelines and procedures for maintenance of rigid and flexible airport pavements.

Contains the specifications for containers designed to serve as airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes, and accessories.

Provides recommendations for heliport design that apply to the construction, activation, and deactivation of heliports.

Discusses the Airport Pavement Management System (APMS) concept, its essential components, and how it can be used to make cost-effective decisions about pavement maintenance and rehabilitation.

Provides the specifications for the collection of airport survey data through field and office methodologies in support of aeronautical information and airport engineering surveys.

Provides guidance on the use of nondestructive testing equipment to evaluate the load-carrying capacity of airport pavements.

This advisory circular outlines scales of protection considered as the recommended level compared with the minimum level in Federal Aviation Regulation Part 139.49 and tells how: these levels were established from test and experience data; to apply a systems approach in determining the overall needs for various airports; and to use conversion factors for estimating the equivalency between various fire extinguishing agents.

Provides standards for the construction of airports. Items covered include general provisions, earthwork, flexible base courses, rigid base courses, flexible surface courses, rigid pavement, fencing, drainage, turfing, and lighting installation.

Contains the specifications for containers designed to serve as airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes, and accessories.

Contains the specification for radio control equipment to be used for controlling airport lighting facilities.

Contains standards for portable runway and taxiway lights and runway end identifier lights for temporary use to permit continued aircraft operations while all or part of a runway lighting system is inoperative.

Contains standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design of an aircraft rescue and firefighting training facility utilizing either propane or a flammable liquid hydrocarbon (FLH) as the fuel.

Provides basic information on the characteristics, management, and regulations of industrial wastes generated at airports.

Provides guidelines and programming procedures for the development of state standards for general aviation airports as provided for in the Airport and Airway Development Act Amendments of 1976.

Sets forth standards for a system of airport marking consisting of certain pilot aids and traffic control devices.

Contains information, references, and guidelines for a family of aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Contains a specification for lighted and unlighted signs to be used on taxiways and runways.

Contains the FAA specifications for low-impact resistant (LIR) structures used to support approach lighting systems (ALS) at airports.

Contains specifications for the frangible connections used to support objects located in airfield safety areas, including fuse bolts, special material bolts, frangible couplings, tear-through fasteners, and tear-out sections.

Contains the Federal Aviation Administration standards for the siting and installation of signs on airport runways and taxiways.

Provides standards for the construction of airports. Items covered include general provisions, earthwork, flexible base courses, rigid base courses, flexible surface courses, rigid pavement, fencing, drainage, turfing, and lighting installation.

Provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids. Because of the size of the document, it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as five smaller files (see Parts 1-6).

Provides guidance for reporting construction progress of projects under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

Provides guidance on understanding, identifying, preventing, and mitigating alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in fresh and hardened Portland cement concrete airfield pavements.

Provides guidance for the planning, design, installation, and maintenance of aviation grade artificial turf in areas adjacent to the operational areas of an airport.

Specifies the minimum requirements for an Airport Lighting Control and Monitoring System (ALCMS).

Contains performance standards, specification, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of water/foam aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Contains the FAA specifications for unlighted and lighted signs to be used on taxiways and runways.

Provides guidance for conducting predesign, prebid, and preconstruction conferences for projects funded under the FAA airport grant program.

Explains how to obtain the latest airport-related research and development (R&D) products funded by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Airports Organization.

Contains the FAA standards for the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems, which provides pilots with visual glideslope guidance during approach for landing.

Provides guidelines for the development of State standards for and the use of State highway specifications for pavement construction at nonprimary public-use airports as provided for in title 49 United States Code (USC), Sections 47105(c) and 47114(d)(5), respectively.

Provides guidance for using the standardized International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) method, called the Aircraft Classification Number – Pavement Classification Number (ACN-PCN) method, to report airport runway, taxiway, and apron pavement strength.

Contains a specification for constant current regulators (CCR) and a monitor for use with airport lighting circuits.

Provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids.

See also--

• The Design, Installation, and Maintenance of In-Pavement Airport Lighting (PDF) by Arthur S.

Provides standards for the design of heliports serving helicopters with single rotors. Basic concepts can also be applied to facilities serving helicopters with tandem (front and rear) or dual (side by side) rotors; although many standards will not apply to these facilities.

Contains the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) standards and recommendations for the geometric layout and engineering design of runways, taxiways, aprons, and other facilities at civil airports.This substantial revision fully incorporates all previous changes to AC 150/5300-13 as well as new standards and technical requirements.

This AC contains the FAA standards for markings used on airport runways, taxiways, and aprons.

This guide specification was developed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assist airport management in the development of local procurement specifications.

This AC provides guidance for using the standardized International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) method, called the Aircraft Classification Number – Pavement Classification Number (ACN-PCN) method, to report airport runway, taxiway, and apron pavement strength.

The standards contained in this AC relate to materials and methods used for the construction of airports.

This AC provides general guidance on asphalt paving operations. The Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving Handbook 2000 (handbook) is in Appendix 1 of this AC.

This AC contains the FAA specification for obstruction lighting equipment. Effective 12 months after the date of this circular, only that equipment qualified per this specification will be listed in AC 150/5345-53, Airport Lighting Equipment Certification Program.

This AC contains the FAA standards for the siting and installation of signs on airport runways and taxiways.

This advisory circular (AC) contains the specifications for airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes, accessories, and elevated light fixture covers and stakes.

This AC provides the specifications and technical requirements for data collection conducted at airports in support of the FAA Airport Surveying – Geographic Information System (GIS) Program.

This AC contains the FAA specifications for unlighted and lighted signs to be used on taxiways and runways.

Establishes design, operation, and maintenance standards for utility airports.

Contains FAA specifications for light fixtures to be used on airport runways and taxiways. See also--

• Engineering Brief 67: Light Sources Other than Incandescent and Xenon for Airport and Obstruction Lighting Fixtures

This advisory circular contains the specifications for airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes, accessories, elevated light fixture covers and stakes.

This advisory circular provides guidance to the public on the design and evaluation of pavements used by aircraft at civil airports.

Provides guidance for the use of value engineering (VE) in airport projects funded under the Airport Grant Program.

Describes the standards for markings used on airport runways, taxiways, and aprons.

Replaces all references to AC 150/5345-1 with AC 150/5345-53.

Contains a specification for constant current regulators used on airport lighting circuits and for a monitor that reports on the status of the regulator.

Provides guidance on asphalt paving operations, including project organization, mix design, quality control, plant operations, laydown, and compaction.

Contains the FAA specifications for unlighted and lighted signs to be used on taxiways and runways.

Contains the specifications requirements for series-to-series isolation transformers for use in airport lighting systems.

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of a family of small, dual agent aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Provides guidance for engineers, airport managers, and the public in the design and maintenance of airport surface drainage systems.

Provides guidance on understanding, identifying, preventing, and mitigating alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) in fresh and hardened Portland cement concrete airfield pavements.

Contains the FAA standards for power and control units for Land and Hold Short Lighting Systems.

Provides standards, specifications, and guidance for designing aircraft deicing facilities. Note: Column No. 1 of Table 3-1 in this AC is cancelled and should be replaced with Column No. 1 of Table 3-2.

Provides guidance, specifications, and standards for painting, marking, and lighting of vehicles operating in the airport air operations area (AOA).

Contains equipment specifications for light beacons which are used to locate and identify civil airports, military airports, seaplane bases, and heliports.

Provides the specifications for Airport Imagery Acquisition and how to submit the imagery to the National Geodetic Survey for approval in support of aeronautical information and airport engineering surveys.

Provides guidelines for the development of state standards for non-primary public-use airports as provided for in Title 49, U.S.

Contains a specification for wind cone assemblies to be used to provide wind information to pilots of aircraft.

Provides information on courss and reference materials for training of aircraft and firefighting (ARFF) personnel.

Explains the specifications for establishing geodetic control on or near an airport. It also describes how to submit the information to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) for approval and to be included in the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) in support of aeronautical information surveys.

Provides guidelines and procedures for maintaining rigid and flexible airport pavements.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as several smaller files (see Parts 1-3).

Provides information on trade opportunity programs and publications relating to foreign airport planning, design, and construction.

Contains standards for the planning, design, and installation of EMAS in runway safety areas.

Provides the specified manufacturing requirements for panels used for remote control of airport lighting and auxiliary systems.

Explains the specifications for establishing geodetic control on or near an airport. It also describes how to submit the information to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) for approval and to be included in the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) in support of aeronautical information surveys.

Provides guidance on the design of systems for interactive training of airport personnel.

Contains standards for the planning, design, and installation of EMAS in runway safety areas.

Provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids. This AC replaces several ACs, which are now cancelled: AC 150/5340-4C, Installation Details for Runway Centerline Touchdown Zone Lighting Systems; AC 150/5340-14B, Economy Approach Lighting Aids; AC 150/5340-17B, Standby Power for Non-FAA Airport Lighting Systems; AC 150/5340-21, Airport Miscellaneous Lighting Visual Aids; AC 150/5340-23B, Supplemental Wind Cones; AC 150/5340-24, Runway and Taxiway Edge Lighting System; AC 150/5340-27A, Air-to-Ground Radio Control of Airport Lighting Systems; AC 150/5340-28, Low Visibility Taxiway Lighting Systems; and AC 150/5340-29, Installation Details for Land and Hold Short Lighting Systems.

Contains FAA specifications for light fixtures to be used on airport runways and taxiways.

Provides standards, specifications, and guidance for designing aircraft deicing facilities.

Provides guidance to assist airport owners/operators in the development of an acceptable airport snow and ice control program and to provide guidance on appropriate field condition reporting procedures.

Provides guidance to planners and communities interested in developing a civil vertiport or vertistop.

Provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids. This AC replaces several ACs, which are now cancelled: AC 150/5340-4C, Installation Details for Runway Centerline Touchdown Zone Lighting Systems; AC 150/5340-14B, Economy Approach Lighting Aids; AC 150/5340-17B, Standby Power for Non-FAA Airport Lighting Systems; AC 150/5340-21, Airport Miscellaneous Lighting Visual Aids; AC 150/5340-23B, Supplemental Wind Cones; AC 150/5340-24, Runway and Taxiway Edge Lighting System; AC 150/5340-27A, Air-to-Ground Radio Control of Airport Lighting Systems; AC 150/5340-28, Low Visibility Taxiway Lighting Systems; and AC 150/5340-29, Installation Details for Land and Hold Short Lighting Systems.

Describes the specification requirements for L-824 electrical cables.

Provides guidance for the planning, design, installation, and maintenance of aviation grade artificial turf in areas adjacent to the operational areas of an airport.

Provides guidance on the design of a lighted visual aid to indicate temporary runway closure.

Provides guidance on airport-related signs and graphics.

Provides guidance for site selection, design and construction of buildings used to store and maintain airport snow and ice control equipment and materials.

Provides information to ensure the quality of construction accomplished under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

Assists airports in complying with the current laws and regulations governing individuals with disabilities by (1) identifying the relevant statutes and regulations that impact upon airports, (2) presenting in a single document the main features of each of the statutes and regulations, (3) providing legal citations to facilitate research, (4) listing sources of assistance or additional information, and (5) identifying Final Rules.

This advisory circular (AC) provides standards and recommendations for airport design. Consolidated file contains Changes 1-18.

Provides the specifications for Airport Imagery Acquisition and describes how to submit the imagery to the National Geodetic Survey for approval in support of aeronautical information and airport engineering surveys.

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of devices used to assist in the boarding of airline passengers with mobility impairments.

Provides guidance to assist airport operators in developing a snow and ice control plan, conducting and reporting runway friction surveys, and establishing snow removal and control procedures.

Provides standards and guidance for planning, designing, and constructing an airport rescue and firefighting station.

Provides guidance on understanding and rating the surface condition of flexible and rigid airfield pavements and provides a simple system to visually rate pavement condition.

Provides guidance on airport related signs and graphics. Recommends use of 'Guidelines for Airport Signing and Graphics' (American Association of Airport Executives, the Airports Council International - North America, the Air Transport Association of America, and the Airport Consultants Council, 2001) in designing airport terminal signing systems until an updated manual, currently being developed under the Airport Cooperative Research Program, is available.

Provides the specifications for Airport Imagery acquisition and how to submit the imagery for review and approval in support of aeronautical information and airport engineering surveys.

Provides standards, specifications, and guidance for designing aircraft deicing facilities.

Explains how to obtain the latest airport-related research and development (R&D) products funded by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Airports Organization through the agency's Airport Technology Research and Development Branch, the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), the Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF), and the Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program (AAPTP).

Provides guidance to airport operators on the procurement of snow and ice control equipment for airport use.

Contains FAA specifications for in-pavement and elevated light fixtures used on airport runways and taxiways, including Runway Status Lights (RWSL), Takeoff Hold Lights (THL), Runway Intersection Lights (RIL), and Runway Entrance Lights (REL).

Contains the specification for plug and receptacle (cable connectors) used with underground power cables, isolation transformer leads, and light fixture leads for airport lighting systems.

Cancelled as of 9-1-98.

Contains performance standards, specification, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of water/foam aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for DEVS equipment on Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Contains standards for the siting and installation of signs on airport runways and taxiways, including taxiway ending markers, location signs, runway distance remaining signs, mandatory hold signs associated with POFZ and CAT II/III operations, and many others.

Provides guidance to the public on the design and evaluation of pavements at civil airports.

Because of the size of the document, it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as four smaller files (see Parts 1-4).

Provides recommended guidelines for maintenance of airport visual aid facilities, including Runway Status Lights (RWSL) Systems, rotating beacons, lighted wind cone assemblies, runway and taxiway guidance signs, Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) Systems, Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASIs), Runway End Identifier Lights (REILs), Medium Approach Lighting Systems (MALS, MALSF, MALSR), Hazard Beacons And Obstruction Lights, and Airport Lighting Control And Monitoring Systems (ALCMS).

Contains the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards for retroreflective markers for airport runways and taxiways.

Contains the FAA standards for markings used on airport runways, taxiways, and aprons. This AC cancels the Signs and Marking Supplement (SAMS).

Provides an interactive specification that airports can use in procuring Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles.

Provides guidelines for operational safety on airports during construction. Principal changes include prohibiting construction in safety areas when associated runway or taxiway is open, providing guidance for incorporating safety risk management, and including checklists for writing Construction Safety and Phasing Plans (CSPP) and for daily inspections.

Provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids. Because of the size of the document, it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as four smaller files (see Parts 1-4).

Version E updates Item P-620, Runway and Taxiway Painting, to include new information on Preformed Thermoplastic Airport Pavement Markings and Application—Preformed Airport Pavement Markings; clarifies that Prohibited Materials cannot exceed permissible limits as specified in relevant Federal Regulations; adds Item P-621, Saw-Cut Grooves; and updates references to Saw-Cut Grooves in Items P-401, Plant Mix Bituminous Pavements, and P-501, Portland Cement Concrete.

Provides guidelines on providing airport data to the FAA using FAA Forms 5010-3 and 5010-5.

Provides standards for the construction of airports. Items covered in this AC include general provisions, earthwork, flexible base courses, rigid base courses, flexible surface courses, rigid pavement, fencing, drainage, turfing, and lighting installation.

Provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids.

See also--

• The Design, Installation, and Maintenance of In-Pavement Airport Lighting (PDF) by Arthur S.

This AC contains minimum performance specifications for systems and equipment airports use to provide a warning to drivers on an airfield about a potential runway incursion.

This specification sets forth the FAA requirements for obstruction lighting equipment used to increase conspicuity of structures to permit early obstruction recognition by pilots.

This AC contains the specifications for airport light bases, transformer housings, junction boxes, and accessories.

This AC provides standards and recommendations for use in the design of aircraft deicing facilities.

This AC provides guidance to assist operators in planning, designing, and constructing seaplane bases and associated facilities.

This AC contains a specification for wind cone assemblies to be used to provide wind information to pilots.

This AC provides guidance and recommendations about the installation of airport visual aids.

See also--

• The Design, Installation, and Maintenance of In-Pavement Airport Lighting (PDF) by Arthur S.