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Number Title Status Office Date
00-45E Aviation Weather Services

Supplements AC 00-6A, Aviation Weather, in that it explains the weather service in general and the use and interpretation of reports, forecasts, weather maps, and prognostic charts in detail.

Cancelled AFS-400 1999-12-01
00-24 Thunderstorms

Describes the hazards of thunderstorms to aviation and offers guidance to help prevent accidents caused by thunderstorms.

Cancelled AFS-400 1968-06-12
00-56A Voluntary Industry Distributor Accreditation Program

Describes a system for the voluntary accreditation of civil aircraft parts distributors on the basis of voluntary industry oversight and provides information that may be used for developing accreditation programs.

Cancelled AFS-300 2002-06-13
00-24A Thunderstorms

Describes the hazards of thunderstorms to aviation and offers guidance to help prevent accidents caused by thunderstorms.

Cancelled AFS-400 1978-06-23
00-54 Pilot Windshear Guide

Communicates key windshear information relevant to flight crews. Appendix 1 of this advisory circular is the Pilot Windshear Guide, which is only one section of the two-volume Windshear Training Aid.

Cancelled AFS-400 1988-11-25
00-58 Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program

Replaces AC 120-56. Provides information and guidance that may be used by certificate holders, production approval holders, indirect air carriers, and foreign air carriers disclosing apparent violations to the FAA of regulations in 14 CFR parts 21, 107, 108, 109, 121, 125, 129 (security program violations only), 133, 135, 137, 141, 142, 145, & 147 under the self-disclosure program.

Cancelled AFS-350 1998-05-04
00-24B Thunderstorms Cancelled AFS-400 1983-01-20
00-34A Aircraft Gound Handling and Servicing

This advisory circular contains in~ormation and guidance for the servicing and ground handling of aircraft.

Cancelled AFS-340 1974-07-29
00-58B Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program Cancelled AFS-230 2009-04-29
00-24C Thunderstorms

This advisory circular (AC) describes the hazards of thunderstorms to aviation and offers guidance to help prevent accidents caused by thunderstorms.

Cancelled AFS-400 2013-02-19
00-1.1A Public Aircraft Operations

This advisory circular (AC) provides information to assist in determining whether government or government-contracted 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.)

Cancelled AFS-800 2014-02-12
00-46D Aviation Safety Reporting Program

Describes the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aviation Safety Reporting program, which utilizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a third party to receive and analyze Aviation Safety Reports.

Cancelled ASY-300 1997-02-26
00-58A Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program Cancelled AFS-230 2006-09-08
00-30C Clear Air Turbulence Avoidance

This advisory circular (AC) describes various types of Clear Air Turbulence (CAT), some of the weather patterns associated with CAT, and turbulence reporting systems and networks.

Cancelled AFS-400 2016-03-22
00-30B Atmospheric Turbulence Avoidance

This Advisory Circular (AC) describes to pilots, aircrew members,dispatchers, and other operations personnel the various types of clear air turbulence(CAT) and some of the weather patterns associated with it.

Cancelled AFS-400 1997-09-09
00-57 Hazardous Mountain Winds and Their Visual Indicators

Assists pilots involved in aviation operations to diagnose the potential for severe wind events in the vicinity of mountainous areas.

Cancelled AFS-400 1997-09-10
00-56 Voluntary Industry Distributor Accreditation Program

Describes a system for the voluntary accreditation of civil aircraft parts distributors on the basis of voluntary industry oversight and provides information that may be used for developing accreditation programs.

Cancelled AFS-350 1996-09-05
00-60 North American Free Trade Agreement and Specialty Air Services Operations

Provides information for aircraft operators from the United States who plan to conduct specialty air services (SAS) operations in Canada or Mexico in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Cancelled AFS-820 1999-11-09
00-62 Internet Communications of Aviation Weather and NOTAMS

This AC describes the process for any person or organization that provides access to aviation weather and notices to Airmen (NOTAMS) via the public Internet to become a qualified Internet communications provider (QICP)

Cancelled ARS-100 2002-11-01
00-6A Aviation Weather For Pilots and Flight Operations Personnel

Provides an up-to-date and expanded text for pilots and other flight operations personnel whose interest in meteorology is primarily in its application to flying.

Cancelled AFS-400 1975-01-01
00-33 Nickel-Cadmium Battery Operational, Maintenance, and Overhaul Practices

Provides guidelines for more reliable nickel-cadmium battery operation through proper operational and maintenance practices, and has been reissued to include reconditioning information.

Cancelled AFS-400 1971-08-26
00-63 Use of Cockpit Displays of Digital Weather and Operational Information

This Advisory Circular provides guidance to aircraft flight crewmembers and other airmen for the use of Flight Information Services Data Link (FISDL) systems

Cancelled AFS-410 2004-09-24
00-60A North American Free Trade Agreement and Specialty Air Services Operations

Provides information for aircraft operators from the United States who plan to conduct specialty air services (SAS) operations in Canada or Mexico in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Cancelled AFS-820 2008-02-08
00-45F Aviation Weather Services

Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, is published jointly by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Cancelled AFS-330 2009-03-12
00-65 Towbar and Towbarless Movement of Aircraft

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for towbar and towbarless movement of aircraft.

Cancelled AFS-300 2009-08-27
00-45G Aviation Weather Services

Aviation Weather Services, Advisory Circular 00-45F, is published jointly by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Cancelled AFS-400 2010-03-11
00-46E Aviation Safety Reporting Program

This advisory circular (AC) describes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Safety Reporting Program (ASRP) which utilizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a third party to receive and process Aviation Safety Reports.

Cancelled AFS-200 2011-12-16
00-33A Nickel-Cadmium Battery Operational, Maintenance, and Overhaul Practices

This circular provides guidelines for more reliable nickel-cadmium battery operation through proper operational and maintenance practices, and has been reissued to include reconditioning information.

Cancelled AFS-300 1973-02-14
00-25 Forming and Operating a Flying Club

This Advisory Circular was compiled by the Aviation Education Staff of the Office of General Aviation Affairs, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., to provide preliminary information to "flight-minded" men and women who wish to form and operate a flying club.

Cancelled AFS-800 1969-05-01
00-7D State and Regional Disaster Airlift (SARDA) Planning Cancelled ADA-20 1998-09-15
00-63A Use of Cockpit Displays of Digital Weather and Aeronautical Information - Including Change 1

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

Cancelled AFS-400 2014-04-07
00-6B Aviation Weather

This advisory circular (AC) was published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Standards Service (AFS), with contributions from the National Weather Service (NWS).

Cancelled AFS-400 2016-08-23
00-45H Aviation Weather Services - Change 2

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publishes Advisory Circular (AC) 00-45, Aviation Weather Services.

Cancelled AFS-400 2016-11-14