General Info

Created by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, The Federal Aviation Administration, part of the United States Department of Transportation, is the federal agency charged with the regulation of civil aviation, fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air traffic rules, licensing pilots, certification of aircraft, establish and maintaining airways, and operating and maintaining aids to air navigation. Its major roles include regulating civil aviation to promote safety, encouraging and developing civil aeronautics and new aviation technology, developing and operating a system of air traffic control and navigation for both civil and military aircraft, researching and developing the National Airspace System and civil aeronautics, developing and carrying out programs to control aircraft noise and other environmental effects of civil aviation and regulating U.S. commercial space transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has operations in Anchorage, Alaska.