Security on the Ground and in the Air

AOPA's Security Resources

Now more than ever, security has become part of general aviation on every level of flying or flight training. On this page, AOPA offers pilots an easy way to find the security resources they need for each portion of their flight.

On the Ground

Before you go, boost your knowledge about airspace and then plan your flight, using all the features of AOPA's Internet Flight Planner.

• Know Before You Go! Online Course
• Mission Possible: Navigating Today's Special Use Airspace Online Course
• AOPA's Internet Flight Planner

Tools and information to help all pilots keep their aircraft and their airports safe.

• AOPA's Airport Watch Brochure
• AOPA's Airport Watch Video
• General Aviation Security online course
• TSA guidelines for GA airports
• FAA's Airfield and Aircraft Security Alert

In the Air

Use these tools to prepare for the en-route portion of your flight:

• Intercept Procedures Card
• Sporty's Safety Quiz: Intercept Procedures
• Safety Advisor: Airspace for Everyone

You'll have to maneuver around restricted airspace, so you'd better learn about notams, TFRs, and special use airspace.

• Airspace Alerts and AOPA ePilot
• Presidential TFRs
• Stadium TFRs
• FAA's Graphical TFR Web Site
• Subject Report: Notams and Temporary Flight Restrictions
• Special Use Airspace

Government

AOPA helps you understand government's rules and regulations:

• Alien Flight Training Rule Information
• Subject Report: General Aviation Security
• Subject Report: TSA Background Checks for Training in Aircraft Over 12,500 Pounds
• Issue Brief: Key GA Provisions of Aviation Security Law
• Issue Brief: Aviation Security
• Regulatory Brief: FAA and TSA security direct final rules
• Regulatory Brief: FAA security-enhanced pilot certificates

SFRA Tools

Resources to help pilots navigate the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Special Flight Rules Area.

• Flight operations in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA)
• The SFRA Notam
• Intercept Procedures Card

Updated Friday, April 16, 2009