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Number Title Status Office Date
20-161 Aircraft Onboard Weight and Balance Systems

This Advisory Circular (AC)gives manufacturers and installers an acceptable means of compliance to meet the installation, operation, and airworthiness requirements for aircraft onboard weight and balance systems (OBWBS)

Active AIR-130 2008-04-11
20-133 Cockpit Noise and Speech Interference Between Crewmember

Provides information about the relationship between flight crew members cockpit voice communication and cockpit noise levels. Guidance, on speech interference levels, noise measurement and measurement systems, and methods to improve cockpit communication, is provided for those manufacturers, owners or operators who believe cockpit noise may be a problem on their aircraft.

Active AIR-130 1989-03-22
20-136B Aircraft Electrical and Electronic System Lightning Protection

This advisory circular (AC) provides you with information and guidance on how you can protect aircraft electrical and electronic systems from the effects of lightning.

Active AIR-130 2011-09-07
20-153B Acceptance of Aeronautical Data Processes and Associated Databases

The term “must” indicates mandatory requirements when following the guidance in this AC. The terms “should” and “recommend” indicate recommended guidance, but are not required for meeting the objectives of this AC.

Active AIR-130 2016-04-19
20-172B Airworthiness Approval for ADS-B In Systems and Applications

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for the initial and follow-on installations of Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) In systems supporting ground and airborne traffic applications.

Active AIR-130 2015-05-20
20-138D Airworthiness Approval of Positioning and Navigation Systems (Including Change 2)

This revision adds minor clarifications and new guidance material based on issues and questions since revision ‘C’ was published.

Active AIR-130 2014-03-28
00-66 Selection of Cyclic Redundancy Code and Checksum Algorithms to Ensure Critical Data Integrity

This report is provided for information only and, as such, is not intended as guidance but rather as reference material for the aviation industry.

Active AIR-130 2015-08-04
20-177 Design and Installation Guidance for an Airborne System for Non-Required Telecommunication Service in Non Aeronautical Frequency Bands

ASNRT equipment is intended to provide flight crews with voice and data communication service over non aeronautical frequency bands.

Active AIR-130 2012-02-28
20-167A Airworthiness Approval of Enhanced Vision System, Synthetic Vision System, Combined Vision System, and Enhanced Flight Vision System Equipment

The preamble accompanying the 2016 EFVS rule specifically references paragraphs 4-5, 4-5.c.4, 4-5.c.4.(h).(iv), and 6-2.f.4. These referenced paragraphs equate to paragraphs 4.5, 4.5.3.4, 4.5.3.4.8.4, 6.2.6.4, respectively.

Active AIR-130 2016-12-06
20-182A Airworthiness Approval for Aircraft Weather Radar Systems

The guidance is applicable to Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 23, 25, 27, and 29 aircraft. For forward-looking windshear and/or turbulence detection capability, the guidance in this AC applies to parts 25 and 23 fixed-wing airplane installations.

Active AIR-130 2016-10-01
20-155A Industry Documents To Support Aircraft Lightning Protection Certification

These industry documents provide guidance on aircraft lightning environment and test waveforms, aircraft lightning zoning, aircraft lightning test methods, and aircraft lightning direct effects.

Active AIR-130 2013-07-16
20-183 Laser Airworthiness Installation Guidance

mounted, nonrequired, invisible spectrum laser equipment such as infrared surveillance laser and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) equipment. This AC is not mandatory and does not constitute a regulation.

Active AIR-130 2014-12-15
20-165B Airworthiness Approval of Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast OUT Systems

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for the installation and airworthiness approval of Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) OUT systems in aircraft.

Active AIR-130 2015-12-07
20-150B Airworthiness Approval of Satellite Voice (SATVOICE) Equipment Supporting Air Traffic Service (ATS) Communication

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance on airworthiness approval for designers, manufacturers, and installers of Satellite Voice (SATVOICE) equipment supporting air traffic service (ATS).

Active AIR-130 2014-12-23
20-181 Airworthiness Approval of Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) Equipment

TSO-C201 includes performance standards for non-gimbaled attitude, heading, and turn and slip systems.

Active AIR-130 2014-04-07
20-173 Installation of Electronic Flight Bag Components

The terms “should” and “recommend” are used when following the guidance is recommended but not required to comply with this AC.

Active AIR-130 2011-09-27
20-140C Guidelines for Design Approval of Aircraft Data Link Communication Systems Supporting Air Traffic Services (ATS)

It identifies specific configurations of aircraft data link systems for applicants seeking approval for type certificates (TC) and supplemental type certificates (STC) in order to facilitate operational approvals.

Active AIR-130 2016-09-28
20-160A Onboard Recording of Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC) In Crash Survivable Memory

In this AC, we focus on data to be recorded and logical recording point locations for storing CPDLC messages in onboard crash-survivable memory.

Active AIR-130 2016-09-28