"FAA" redirects here. For other uses, see FAA (disambiguation).
Federal Aviation Administration
Seal of the Federal Aviation Administration
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FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Agency overview
Formed
August 23, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-08-23)
Preceding agency
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Jurisdiction
U.S. federal government
Headquarters
Orville Wright Federal Building 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C., U.S. 20591 38°53′13″N77°1′22″W / 38.88694°N 77.02278°W / 38.88694; -77.02278
Annual budget
US$19.807 billion (FY2024)
Agency executive
Michael Whitaker, Administrator
Parent agency
U.S. Department of Transportation
Website
faa.gov
Footnotes
[1][2]
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.[3]: 12, 16 Its powers include air traffic control, certification of personnel and aircraft, setting standards for airports, and protection of U.S. assets during the launch or re-entry of commercial space vehicles, powers over neighboring international waters were delegated to the FAA by authority of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
The FAA was created in August 1958 (1958-08) as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). In 1967 the FAA became part of the newly formed U.S. Department of Transportation and was renamed the Federal Aviation Administration.
^Wald, Matthew L. (22 August 2007). "F.A.A. Chief to Lead Industry Group". The New York Times. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^Birnbaum, Jeffrey H. (August 22, 2007). "FAA Chief To Become Aerospace Lobbyist". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
^Van Loo, Rory (August 1, 2018). "Regulatory Monitors: Policing Firms in the Compliance Era". Faculty Scholarship. 119 (2): 369. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
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