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Number Title Status Office Date
00-1.1B Public Aircraft Operations—Manned and Unmanned

§§ 40102(a)(41) and 40125 (the statute). Additionally, this AC contains Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) policy pertaining to civil aircraft operators that provide contract support to government entities.

Active AFS-800 2018-09-21
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
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
00-74 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
00-59 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
00-60B North American Free Trade Agreement and Specialty Air Services Operations

NAFTA opens up cross-border trade in Specialty Air Services (SAS) and was ratified by the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada.

Active AFS-800 2014-02-12
00-63B Use of Flight Deck Displays of Digital Weather and Aeronautical Information

The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, and the document is intended only to provide information to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

Active AFS-400 2024-06-03
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
00-72 Best Practices for Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance Using EUROCAE ED-80( ) and RTCA DO-254( )

The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

Active AIR-600 2022-10-07
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
00-46F Aviation Safety Reporting Program

NASA serves as a third party to receive and process Aviation Safety Reports. Examples of operations covered by the program include departure, en route, approach, and landing operations and procedures; air traffic control (ATC) procedures and equipment; crew and ATC communications; aircraft cabin operations; aircraft movement on the airport; near midair collisions (NMAC); aircraft maintenance and recordkeeping; airport conditions or services; and unmanned aircraft operations.

Active AFS-200 2021-04-02
00-71 Best Practices for Management of Open Problem Reports (OPRs)

Moreover, conformity with this guidance document (as distinct from existing statutes and regulations) is voluntary only, and nonconformity will not affect rights and obligations under statutes and regulations.

Active AIR-600 2022-09-16
00-68 Aircraft Certification Service Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program

If you use the AC to voluntarily disclose noncompliance, the processes and requirements in this AC must be followed.

Active AIR-150 2016-10-01
00-70 Flightcrew Member Certificate Verification Plan

An approved certificate verification plan allows part 91K program managers and part 119 certificate holders operating under parts 121 and 135 to provide a temporary verification document to flightcrew members whose airman or medical certificates have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, or are otherwise missing.

Active AFS-200 2018-12-19
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
00-58C Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program

The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, and the document is intended only to provide information to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

Active AFS-200 2024-07-01
00-56B Voluntary Industry Distributor Accreditation Program with Change 1

The contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, and the document is intended only to provide information to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

Active AFS-300 2015-05-27
00-61 Event Planning Guide

It is not limited to sporting events, but can be used whenever there is a large amount of aviation activity on an infrequent basis and open gatherings of people. The goal of this AC is to enhance air and ground safety.

Active AFS-800 2000-07-24
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. S.) National Aviation Standard for the Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range (VOR)/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)/Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) Systems

Active AJW-143 1982-09-20