General
Surface Safety Portfolio
The U.S. aviation system is the safest in the world, but one close call is one too many. In February 2023, the FAA moved swiftly to address concerns and issued a Safety Call to Action to take a critical look at the U.S. aerospace system’s structure, culture, processes, systems, and integration of safety efforts.
The FAA and the aviation community are pursuing a goal of zero serious close calls by examining a combination of technical and human factors. An independent safety review...
Aviation Economic Impact Report
The FAA monitors and analyzes the impact of civil aviation on the U.S. economy and individual U.S. States. The below visualization depicts civil aviation’s contribution to the U.S. economy. Additional dashboard tabs provide details on the civil aviation’s industry segments and state-level impacts. These estimates incorporate data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Transportation, the National Science Foundation, and other private sources for the years 2017–2022.
Ending Serious Close Calls
The U.S. aviation system is the safest in the world, but one close call is one too many. In February 2023 the FAA issued a Safety Call to Action to take a critical look at the U.S. aerospace system’s structure, culture, processes, systems, and integration of safety efforts.
FAA Hiring Air Traffic Controllers in NYC
Attention New Yorkers — looking for a new career? We’re hiring entry-level air traffic controllers for our facility on Long Island!
FAA Extends Flexibility for Airlines in New York, Continues to Urge Use of Larger Aircraft
The FAA will allow airlines flexibility on slot usage requirements for airports in the New York City area through Oct. 28, 2023. The agency continues to expect that airlines will operate larger aircraft to transport more passengers and make sure passengers are fully informed about any possible...
Advanced Air Mobility Implementation Plan
The FAA released an implementation plan providing the steps it and others will need to take to safely enable advanced air mobility operations in the near term. The “Innovate28” plan includes various components and the sequence they will occur in for operations to be at scale at one or more sites...
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Concept of Operations
This document is an iterative progression of work in the development of the concept that will be continued to mature through ongoing government and industry stakeholder collaboration. Future editions of the UAM conceptual framework will provide a broader and more comprehensive vision of our...