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Number Title Status Office Date
00-59 Integrating Helicopter and Tiltrotor Assets into Disaster Relief Planning

Provides guidance to state and local emergency relief planners on integrating helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft into disaster relief planning efforts.

Active AND-710 1998-11-13
00-31A United States (U.S.) National Aviation Standard for the Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range (VOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)/Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) Systems

This Advisory Circular is issued to inform the aviation community of the establishment and content of the United States(U.

Active AJW-143 1982-09-20
00-56B Voluntary Industry Distributor Accreditation Program with Change 1

This AC describes a system for accrediting civil aircraft parts distributors based on voluntary industry oversight.

Active AFS-300 2015-05-27
00-72 Best Practices for Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance Using EUROCAE ED-80( ) and RTCA DO-254( )

This advisory circular (AC) provides “best practices” for airborne electronic hardware (AEH) design assurance and, is intended to be complementary information to EUROCAE ED-80, Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware, RTCA DO-254, Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware, and AC 20-152A, Development Assurance for Airborne Electronic Hardware.

Active AIR-600 2022-10-07
00-58C Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program

This AC provides information and guidance material that a regulated entity (RE) operating under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) may use when voluntarily disclosing to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) apparent violations of those FAA regulations listed in paragraph 2.

Active AFS-200 2024-07-01
00-44II Status of Federal Aviation Regulations Active AGC-200 1997-05-01
00-60B North American Free Trade Agreement and Specialty Air Services Operations

This advisory circular (AC) provides information and guidance for operators under the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and operational guidance within the three Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA).

Active AFS-800 2014-02-12
00-74 Avionics Human Factors Considerations for Design and Evaluation

This advisory circular (AC) identifies two reports that provide information in the form of “recommended practices” to increase awareness of human factors and facilitate the identification and resolution of human factors/pilot interface issues during the design and evaluation of avionics.

Active AIR-600 2019-05-01
00-68 Aircraft Certification Service Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program

This advisory circular (AC) provides information and guidance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) Production Approval Holders (PAHs), Design Approval Holders (DAHs), and Organization Designation Authorization Holders (ODA Holders) who choose to voluntarily disclose apparent noncompliance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR).

Active AIR-150 2016-10-01
00-46F Aviation Safety Reporting Program

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for the submission of reports under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Safety Reporting Program (ASRP).

Active AFS-200 2021-04-02
00-70 Flightcrew Member Certificate Verification Plan

This AC provides information to Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) fractional ownership program managers operating under 14 CFR part 91 subpart K (part 91K) and 14 CFR part 119 certificate holders operating under 14 CFR parts 121 and 135, seeking approval of Operations Specification (OpSpec)/Management Specification (MSpec) A063, Flightcrew Member Certificate Verification Plan.

Active AFS-200 2018-12-19
00-61 Event Planning Guide

Describes acceptable methods for organizing the aviation community for all events, such as major sports events (auto racing, golf, etc.)

Active AFS-800 2000-07-24
00-64 Air Medical Resource Management

This AC provides guidance and information, which establish minimum guidelines for Air Medical Resource Management Training.

Active AFS-300 2005-09-22
00-41B FAA Quality Control System Certification Program Active ASU-430 1989-10-10
00-66 Selection of Cyclic Redundancy Code and Checksum Algorithms to Ensure Critical Data Integrity

This advisory circular (AC) provides information about the availability of resource material on digital data integrity.

Active AIR-130 2015-08-04
00-69 The title is Best Practices for Airborne Software Development Assurance Using EUROCAE ED-12( ) and RTCA DO-178( )

This advisory circular (AC) provides information in the form of “best practices” and, as such, is not intended as guidance but rather as complementary information to ED-12C/DO-178C (and related documents) and AC 20-115D.

Active AIR-100 2017-07-21
00-71 Best Practices for Management of Open Problem Reports (OPRs)

This advisory circular (AC) provides “best practices” for the management of open problem reports, and is intended to complement AC 20-189, Management of Open Problem Reports (OPRs).

Active AIR-600 2022-09-16
00-1.1B Public Aircraft Operations—Manned and Unmanned

This AC provides information to assist in determining whether government-owned or government-contracted manned and unmanned aircraft operations conducted within the territory of the United States are public or civil aircraft operations under the statutory definition of “public aircraft” in Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.)

Active AFS-800 2018-09-21
00-65A Towbar and Towbarless Movement of Aircraft

This AC provides guidance for towbar and towbarless movement of aircraft and applies to all operators under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) parts 91, 91 subpart K (part 91K), 121, 125, 129, and 135.

Active AFS-300 2023-08-11
00-63B Use of Flight Deck Displays of Digital Weather and Aeronautical Information

This AC provides guidance to flightcrew members and other airmen on the best practices for the use of data link to access Flight Information Services (FIS).

Active AFS-400 2024-06-03
00-34B Aircraft Ground Handling, Servicing, and Marshalling

This AC contains information and guidance for servicing, ground handling, and marshalling an aircraft.

Active AFS-300 2024-07-17