Aviation Links

FAA & Other Federal Government Resources

Flight Planning

• PilotWeb (Notams, TFRs, Other resources)
• Aeronautical Information Manual
• Graphic TFRs
• Airport/Facility Directory
• Terminal Procedures Publication (d -TPP)

Regulatory & Advisory Information

• Federal Aviation Regulations (Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations [14 CFR])
  • FAA Federal Aviation Regulations Index
  • GPO Federal Aviation Regulations Index
    • See also Key Regulations for an edited list.
• Advisory Circulars
  • FAA Current Advisory Circulars
    • See also Key Advisory Circulars & Additional Training Material for an edited list.

On-Line Certificate Management

• FAA Integrated Airman Certification and Rating Application (IACRA)
• FAA MedXPress

Local/Regional FAA Offices/Resources

• Albany FSDO
  • Albany FSDO Aviation Safety Program
• Eastern Region
  • Eastern Region FAA Safety Team

Other FAA Offices/Resources

FAA Publicaions and Other Information Resources

• FAA Safety Team
• FAA Online Training Course Catalog
• FAA Aviation News
• FAA Aeromedical Information for Pilots Taking SSRIs
  • Summary from AOPA

• General index of information for pilots

FAA Headquarters Offices

• FAA Home Page
  [ U.S. Department of Transportation ]
  • Flight Standards Service
    • Flight Standards Service: Aviation Information "Data & Statistics" site
    • Flight Standards Service: Airman Certification Branch
      • Airman Certification Branch: Airman Services
    • Flight Standards Service: Civil Aviation Registry
  • Aviation System Standards
    • Aviation System Standards: Aeronautical Chart User's Guide
  • Regulations and Rulemaking
  • Employment Opportunities
  
  
• U.S. Department of Transportation

FAA Regions, Centers, and Offices in Regions

• Comprehensive listing of FAA offices

Regional Offices & Centers

• Alaska Region
• Central Region
• Eastern Region
• Great Lakes Region
• New England Region
• Northwest Mountain Region
• Southern Region
• Southwest Region
• Western-Pacific Region

• FAA Aeronautical Center (Oklahoma City)
• FAA Technical Center (Atlantic City)

• Office for Regions and Center Operations

Flight Standards District Offices (FSDOs)
[nearby to Albany]

• Albany FSDO
• Farmingdale (L.I.) FSDO
• New York City (Garden City, L.I.) FSDO
• Rochester (N.Y.) FSDO
• Teterboro (N.J.) FSDO

• National FSDO Directory

Other Federal Government Sites

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  [ U.S. Department of Commerce ]
  • National Weather Service
    • Aviation Weather
    • Albany Weather & Location (Zip-Code) Look-up
    • Albany Forecast Office
      • Aviation Forecasts
  • More NOAA/NWS links on the Weather Links page
  • National Ocean Service
    • National Geodetic Survey
  • NOAA Employment Opportunities
  
  
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Aviation Safety Reporting System
  • NASA Employment Opportunities
  
  
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
  • NTSB Employment Opportunities
  
  
• National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
  • NASM Employment Opportunities
  
  
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Aviation Radio Services
  • Distance/Azimuth Calculator between two stations
  • FCC Employment Opportunities
  
  
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  [ U.S. Department of the Interior ]
  • Maps, Imagery, and Publications
  • USGS Employment Opportunities
  
  
• United States Forest Service
  [ U.S. Department of Agriculture ]
  • Aviation
  • Aviation Safety Center
  • Forest Service Employment Opportunities
  
  
• Government Printing Office (GPO)
  • Federal Register
    (Rules, proposed rules, and notices regarding FARs [14 CFR] & other Federal regulations, 1994 to present; Vols. 59-current)
  
  
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  • NOTE: The TSA no longer provides General Aviation Security Training: see instead the AOPA site (below)
  
  
• Government Accountability Office (nee General Accounting Office)

Assorted Other Links:
Various and Sundry Aviation sites

News, Organization, and Information Sites

Aviation News

• AVweb, featuring a twice-weekly electronic news-magazine.
• Aviation Now from Aviation Week and Space Technology
• Aero-News.Net, continuously updated

On-Line versions of Periodicals

• FAA Safety Briefing (formerlyFAAviation News)
• General Aviation News
• The Atlantic Flyer
• Trade-A-Plane

Major Organizations

• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
  • AOPA Notams/TFRs
  • AOPA Air Safety Foundation (ASF)
    • AOPA Airport Taxi Diagrams
    • ASF GA Security
• Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)
• National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI)
• The Seaplane Pilots Association
• National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
• Airlines for America (A4A), ex- Air Transport Association of America
• Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
• Allied Pilots Association (APA)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

General Information

• AirNav, providing free access to FAA data on airports and nav-aids (USA)
• Landings, the former resources at http://acro.harvard.edu/GA/ (where it was known as the "General Aviation Site at acro.Harvard") and at http://aviation.jsc.nasa.gov/index.html (where it was known as "the WWW General Aviation Server at NASA").
  • The Aviation Search Facility at Landings
• forPilots.com, a large variety of resources
• Airstrip America, online photographic airport database
• AeroPlanner, online flight planner
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Aviation Seminars
• ARTCC Frequencies from
  • RadioReference.com
  • MilAirComms

Real-Time Flight Information

• LiveATC.net — "24/7 Live Aviation Radio"
  • KALB Tower/Ground/Approach
• Flight Aware, on-line flight tracking
  • KALB flight tracking
• PASSUR, another on-line flight tracking (different features from previous one)

Supplemental Information

• ICAO Aircraft Type Designators
  • at ICAO, http://www.icao.int/anb/ais/8643/index.cfm (Doc. 8643)
  • requires MS Internet Explorer; if not able to access data,
    • Click on TOOLS
    • Click on INTERNET OPTIONS
    • Click on SECURITY
    • Click on CUSTOM LEVEL
    • scroll down to Miscellaneous:
      • Access Data Sources Across Domains:
        • Enable
  • According to "them" (ICAO) this will work, but it does not seem to work all the time.
• Alternate source for ICAO Doc. 8643
  • at AOPA
  • Scroll down page (or select below) for
    • Appendix A for Airplanes
    • Appendix B for Helicopters
• ICAO Airline Codes
  • at Wikipedia
• ICAO Airport Codes
  • at Wikipedia

Flight Planning

• FlightPlan.com

Sectional & Terminal Charts

• SkyVector.com
•   VFR MAP  
• Tri-Nav

Instrument Approach Charts

Use the FAA charts as noted above (and found here): but, if you insist . . .

These sites provide instrument approach charts or other charts in various formats. Some are free of charge; some are in zip format; some are in pdf format. Some are the actual charts (which makes them just fine for all use), while some are not. Pilots should excersie their own discretion as to what use (if any) they put these charts.

• PDF Plates
• FltPlan.com (quick access to NOS charts)
• MyAirplane.com
• Aero Planner Instrument Approach Plates

Sites with lots of links

• Air Affair
• Aviation Laboratories

Aircraft Manufacturers

Light Aircraft

• Beechcraft
• Cirrus Aircraft
• Cessna
• The New Piper Aircraft, Inc.

Large Aircraft

• The Boeing Company
• Lockheed Martin

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