The Federal Aviation Administration is responsible for insuring the safe, efficient, and secure use of the Nation's airspace, by military as well as civil aviation, for promoting safety in air commerce, for encouraging and developing civil aeronautics, including new aviation technology, and for supporting the requirements of national defense. The activities required to carry out these responsibilities include: safety regulations; airspace management and the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a civil-military common system of air traffic control (ATC) and navigation facilities;...

The Safety Management System (SMS) is a formalized and proactive approach to system safety. It directly supports the mission of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is "to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world." The Air Traffic Organization (ATO) SMS is an integrated collection of principles, policies, processes, procedures, and programs used to identify, analyze, assess, manage, and monitor safety risk in the provision of air traffic management and communication, navigation, and surveillance services. This SMS Manual informs ATO employees and...

The Safety Risk Management Guidance for System Acquisitions (SRMGSA) applies to acquisitions that have a potential effect on safety risk in the National Airspace System (NAS) when the acquired systems are operationally fielded. The SRMGSA includes information pertaining to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System changes, Next Generation Air Transportation System Portfolio Management, and Integrated Safety Management. The body of the document contains only high-level policy and guidance concerning Safety Risk Management (SRM) in acquisitions.

This Chart User's Guide is an introduction to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) aeronautical charts and publications. It is useful to new pilots as a learning aid, and to experienced pilots as a quick reference guide. The FAA publishes charts for each stage of Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) air navigation including training, planning, and departures, enroute (for low and high altitudes), approaches, and taxiing charts. The FAA "Aeronautical Chart User's Guide" is designed to be used as a teaching aid, reference document, and an introduction to the wealth...