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What it does
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), formerly the Federal Aviation Agency, was established by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 731). The agency became a component of the Department of Transportation in 1967 pursuant to the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 106). The mission of the FAA is to regulate civil aviation and U.S. commercial space transportation, maintain and operate air traffic control and navigation systems for both civil and military aircrafts, and develop and administer programs relating to aviation safety and the National Airspace System.
Where it sits
A component of Transportation Department.
Recent actions
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Amendment of Class C Airspace; Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, TX
Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes
Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Engines
Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company Engines
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Noise Certification Standards for Subsonic Jet Airplanes and Subsonic Transport Category Large Airplanes
Amendment of Class C Airspace; President Donald J. Trump International Airport, FL
Airworthiness Directives; Dassault Aviation Airplanes