FAA Academy Student Services

Media Centers

Students in training at the Academy are welcome to use the Media Centers to work on classroom materials, complete authorized projects, communicate with facilities, and their families. Please let Student Services know if they can help facilitate communication for you.

Equipment Available

• Desktop computers
• Copiers
• Printers
• Scanners
• Fax machines (Fax number is (405) 954-3066)
  If receiving a fax, please remind the sender to include your name, course/class numbers on the cover sheet
• Phones (for contacting facility or home)
  Remember … the call home must be limited to one five-minute call per day.

Two Locations to Server You

• Location: Building 14, Room 137
• Hours of operation: 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday

• Location: Building 27, Room 260
• Hours of operation: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday–Friday

Eastern Region Aircraft Noise and Community Engagement Information

For the areas served by the Eastern Region Administration, we provide information on community involvement and aircraft noise issues, including how to submit a noise complaint or inquiry.

Noise Complaints & Inquiries

Noise from Aircraft Operations at Your Community Airport

The FAA's continuing mission is to ensure the safe and efficient use of our nation's navigable airspace. We also participate in an array of research and community engagement activities focused on addressing aircraft noise. However, airport sponsors (i.e., owners/operators) also share the responsibility for reducing incompatible land uses and noise impacts on residents of the surrounding area.

Partnering Airports for Noise Complaints & Inquiries

To serve the public and avoid duplication of efforts between the FAA and airports, Partnering Airports respond to aircraft noise complaints or inquiries within a predefined area from their airport. The FAA and Partnering Airports coordinate responses and share noise-related information.

To send a noise complaint or inquiry about a noise concern:

• Review FAA's noise complaint and inquiry policy(PDF) to become familiar with how we process these submissions.
• Contact Partnering Airports:
  • Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) (within 4 miles of the airport)
  • Montgomery County Airpark (GAI) (within 6 miles of the airport)
• Non-partnering airports: Enter the address where the noise concern occurred to contact the nearest non-partnering airport
• If you wish to send a noise complaint or inquiry not directly related to an airport (or if you have already communicated with an airport), please use the FAA's online noise inquiry form.

Regional Ombudsman

The FAA Regional Administrator designates a Regional Ombudsman.

• Each Regional Ombudsman will work with the Regional Administrator to ensure public inquires related to aviation noise, pollution, and safety are properly addressed.
• Contact the Regional Ombudsman with other aviation noise-related questions and concerns.

Aviation Noise General Information

Learn about aviation noise and the FAA's ongoing work to improve our understanding of the ways aviation noise may affect communities.

Community Engagement

The FAA is committed to inform and involve the public, engage with communities and give meaningful consideration to community concerns and views as we make aviation decisions that affect them.

Washington, DC Metro Area

• Learn how to participate in the following community roundtables:
  • DC Metroplex BWI Community Roundtable
  • DCA Reagan National – Community Working Group

New York Metro Area

• Air traffic educational videos:
  • New York/New Jersey Metro Area Runway Selection
  • LaGuardia TNNIS Procedure
  • Teterboro Airport Air Traffic Overview
  • Westchester
• Learn how to participate in the following community roundtables:
  • New York Community Aviation Roundtable (NYCAR)
  • LaGuardia Airport Area Subcommittee
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport Area Subcommittee
  • Teterboro Aircraft Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC)

Other Complaint or Inquiry Types

• For safety concerns or to report low-flying aircraft, contact your local Flight Standards District Office. Although low-flying aircraft often raise concerns about both safety and noise, safety takes priority, so the FSDO is your best resource.
• For military aircraft noise complaints, please contact the military.

Documents

Grand Canyon Working Group Presentations and Meeting Summary from 12th Meeting (Flagstaff, AZ July 28, 2009)

• GCWG Meeting Agenda 7-28-2009(PDF)
• Alternatives Presentation GCWG Mtg July 2009(PDF)
• GCNP-NoiseAnalysis - Presentation at GCWG Mtg Jul 2009(PDF)
• FAA Rulemaking Schedule - Final(PDF)
• Quiet Technology Team - GCWG Mtg July 2009(PDF)
• Tech Team Report Presentation - GCWG Mtg July 2009(PDF)
• Tech Team Report Presentation - GCWG Mtg July 2009(PDF)
• GCWG Final Summary July 28, 2009: , PDF

Key Officials

National Park Specific

National Park List:

For a complete list of National Parks and park units that are subject to the National Parks Air Tour Management Act see:

National Parks - Park Search
Click on desired region to get more information.

Voluntary Agreements

Currently, voluntary agreements are being pursued at the following national park units:

• Badlands National Park

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Voluntary agreements have been completed at the following national park units:

• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Biscayne National Park
• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area / Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Alaskan Region

About Us

The Alaskan Office of the Regional Administrator is one of nine offices that comprise National Engagement and Regional Administration. The Regional Administrator, as the Senior FAA Official in the geographic area, provides leadership on key agency priorities, such as horizontal integration across the FAA Lines of Business and Staff Offices to ensure the Agency is providing consistent stakeholder support and engagement.

The office partners with Federal, state and local governments and others to promote aviation safety and education across the region. The office addresses airspace and procedure modernization, runway safety, aviation workforce development, finance, information technology, policy, human resources, and civil rights.

• Alaskan Region Aviation Fact Sheet

Areas Served

Background

The Alaskan Region is a single-state region with 586,412 square miles of land area and 33,904 miles of mainland and island coastline. Aircraft are among the main modes of transportation since 82 percent of communities in the Alaskan Region are not connected via roads. The mountainous terrain and long distances between communities require flexibility in implementation of operational and safety requirements.

The FAA Alaska Safety Initiative focuses on preventing and reducing aviation accidents by evaluating needs for additional infrastructure, such as weather, communication, and surveillance systems; enhancements to airports and runways; and regulatory flexibility and modernization. The Regional Office also participates in professional councils and academic partnerships established to develop the Alaskan aerospace system. The state's aviation history is published in "Civil(PDF) Aviation Policy in Alaska: 1913-2018" and "Aircraft Navigation in the Aleutian Air War: World War II Civil Aeronautics Authority Radio Navigation Ranges in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska."(PDF)

STEM Aviation and Space Education

Within the region, FAA's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Aviation and Space Education (AVSED) Program is an integral part of agency outreach and the national education system. The program was established to expose students to aviation and aerospace careers and to promote STEM education.

FAA Regional Administrators

FAA's nine Regional Administrator offices are strategically located across the country, each serving the public by supporting and coordinating operation of a national airspace system that ensures airports are safe, efficient, environmentally responsible, and meet the needs of travelers.

Aviation Safety

As part of the FAA Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative, the FAA has teamed with the flying community in a yearlong, sweeping examination of safety issues specific to the challenges of flying in Alaska. The team has developed a comprehensive blueprint for increasing aviation safety in Alaska through the management, improvement, and implementation of new and current initiatives.

Noise Concerns & Inquiries

File a noise concern or inquiry in the Alaskan Region.

FAA Community Engagement

The FAA is committed to inform and involve the public, engage with communities and consider community concerns and views as we make aviation decisions that affect them.

Additional Info: 

Anchorage Terminal Area Airspace and Procedures Study (ATAAPS)

Eastern Region

• About Us
• Areas Served
• Background
• STEM Aviation and Space Education
• FAA Regional Administrators
• Noise Concerns and Inquiries
• FAA Community Engagement

About Us

The Eastern Office of the Regional Administrator is one of nine offices that comprise National Engagement and Regional Administration. The Regional Administrator, as the Senior FAA Official in the geographic area, provides leadership on key agency priorities, such as horizontal integration across the FAA Lines of Business and Staff Offices to ensure the Agency is providing consistent stakeholder support and engagement.

The office partners with Federal, state and local governments and others to promote aviation safety and education across the region. The office addresses airspace and procedure modernization, runway safety, aviation workforce development, finance, information technology, policy, human resources, and civil rights.

Areas Served

• Delaware
• Maryland
• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia
• Washington, DC
• West Virginia

Background

The Eastern Region is home to FAA's Washington, DC headquarters and the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Through the specialized New York Area Program Integration Office (NYAPIO), the Regional Administrator facilitates and oversees integration of programs to address congestion and flight delays specific to New York Metropolitan Area airspace, which among the most complex in the world. The Eastern Region consists of seven of the nation's Core 30 airports in the national airspace system (NAS). Oversight of certifications and safety for the Region's airports is coordinated through the Eastern Region Airports Division.

STEM Aviation and Space Education

Within the region, FAA's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Aviation and Space Education (AVSED) Program is an integral part of agency outreach and the national education system. The program was established to expose students to aviation and aerospace careers and to promote STEM education.

FAA Regional Administrators

FAA's nine Regional Administrator offices are strategically located across the country, each serving the public by supporting and coordinating operation of a national airspace system that ensures airports are safe, efficient, environmentally responsible, and meet the needs of travelers.

Noise Concerns & Inquiries

File a noise concern or inquiry in the Eastern Region.

FAA Community Engagement

The FAA is committed to inform and involve the public, engage with communities and give meaningful consideration to community concerns and views as we make aviation decisions that affect them.

Airspace and Airport Projects

• Metroplex
  • Washington, D.C.
• Single-site
  • BWI-Baltimore
  • DCA-Washington, D.C.
  • DCA-P56
  • MDT-Harrisburg
  • TEB-Teterboro

FAA Workshops and Informal Airspace Meetings

• Westchester County (HPN) New York Public Workshop on Jan. 22, 2020
• Harrisburg (MDT) Informal Airspace Meeting on Aug. 18, 2021

Airworthiness

Our Mission

AMA-250 fulfills the Flight Standards Service of the Aviation Safety Line of Business, domestic and worldwide air carrier and general aviation training needs. This is centered on FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) who have responsibilities for Airworthiness, including Management ASIs and other like FAA technical support professionals. This training may include students from other Services such as Aircraft Certification (AIR) and Security and Hazardous Material Safety (ASH), and Industry Personnel in some courses.

Classes that are conducted across various lines of business include Safety Management Systems (SMS), Safety Assurance System (SAS), and Evaluation of Aviation Management Systems.

The training begins with new-hire indoctrination and continues with technical, certification and surveillance skill set development training throughout the FAA airworthiness professional's FAA career. A wide array of training methods and techniques are used to continually improve training, enhancing the abilities of our FAA public safety professionals.

Manager: Ron Gendron

Telephone: (405) 954-4007

Fax: (405) 954-1540

Great Lakes Region

• About Us
• Areas Served
• Background
• STEM Aviation and Space Education
• FAA Regional Administrators
• Noise Concerns and Inquiries
• FAA Community Engagement

About Us

The Great Lakes Office of the Regional Administrator is one of nine offices that comprise National Engagement and Regional Administration. The Regional Administrator, as the Senior FAA Official in the geographic area, provides leadership on key agency priorities, such as horizontal integration across the FAA Lines of Business and Staff Offices to ensure the Agency is providing consistent stakeholder support and engagement.

The office partners with Federal, state and local governments and others to promote aviation safety and education across the region. The office addresses airspace and procedure modernization, runway safety, aviation workforce development, finance, information technology, policy, human resources, and civil rights.

Areas Served

• Illinois
• Indiana
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• South Dakota
• Wisconsin

Background

The Great Lakes Regional Administrator oversees responsibility for the O'Hare Modernization Program (OMP). The OMP is a collaborative initiative between the FAA, the City of Chicago, and commercial airlines at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). The multi-year, multi-billion dollar transformation of ORD will change the airport from a predominantly intersecting runway airfield with seven runways to six parallel runways and two crosswind runways. The Great Lakes Region has four Core 30 airports. In the summer, FAA air traffic controllers safely handle the thousands of planes that fly in and out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin's Wittman Regional Airport during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in. The airshow is the largest annual general aviation event in the world.

STEM Aviation and Space Education

Within the region, the FAA's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Aviation and Space Education (AVSED) Program is an integral part of agency outreach and the national education system. The program was established to expose students to aviation and aerospace careers and to promote STEM education.

FAA Regional Administrators

FAA's nine Regional Administrator offices are strategically located across the country, each serving the public by supporting and coordinating operation of a national airspace system that ensures airports are safe, efficient, environmentally responsible, and meet the needs of travelers.

Noise Concerns & Inquiries

File a noise concern or inquiry in the Great Lakes Region.

FAA Community Engagement

The FAA is committed to inform and involve the public, engage with communities and give meaningful consideration to community concerns and views as we make aviation decisions that affect them.

Airspace and Airport Projects

• Metroplex
  • Cleveland-Detroit
• Single-site
  • CMH-Columbus
  • DTW-Detroit
  • MDW-Chicago
  • RFD-Chicago
  • MSP-Minneapolis/St. Paul

Chicago O’Hare Fly Quiet 21 Proposal

• O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission (ONCC) Fly Quiet Committee and Signed FAA and Chicago Department of Aviation Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
   

FAA Workshops and Informal Airspace Meetings
Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) Virtual Informal Airspace Meetings

• Sept. 28, 2021 recording
• Sept. 29, 2021 recording