Air Traffic Services and Technology
Air Traffic Services and Technology
Our Mission: As an integral part of AOPA's Government and Technical Affairs Division, the Air Traffic Services staff is tasked with providing advocacy for those policies and procedures that will offer the greatest access, operational flexibility, and safety to the general aviation community. In an effort to better acquaint you with just some of the activities of our department, the following educational and issue briefs have been developed.
Information regarding scheduling of special-use airspace is now provided to AOPA members via the FAA's Special-Use Airspace Management System (SAMS) and is updated every six minutes. This information is intended to be used as a flight-planning supplement and should not replace your local FSS or appropriate control facilities as the primary points of contact.
Aeronautical Charting
- Aeronautical Information Services Plan
- Discontinuance of Public Sales of Defense Department Aeronautical Charts and Database
- Inexpensive GPS Databases
- RNAV Routes Through Terminal Airspace
- VFR Waypoints
Airspace
- Eurocontrol Airspace Strategy: 2000-2015
- LAX Class B VFR Transition Routes
- National Airspace Redesign
- National Park Overflights
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- User Group Process for the Design of Class B and C Airspace
Air Traffic Control and Procedures
- Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control Facilities
- The Domestic Use of ICAO Flight Plan Forms
- FAA Special Awareness Training for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area
- Firefighting Temporary Flight Restrictions
- GA Access/Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
- Lasers and General Aviation
- Military "Lights-Out" Training in MOAs
- Northeastern U.S. Airspace Flow Program (AFP)
- Proposed Modification of Circling TERPS Criteria
- U.S. Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (DRVSM)
- Use of GPS in Lieu of DME/ADF
- Washington, D.C., Flight Restricted Zone/"DC-3" Airports
Datalink and Spectrum Issues
Educational Process Briefs
- Changing Unicom Frequencies
- Criteria For Establishing Air Traffic Control Towers and the Contract Tower Program
- Establishing an Instrument Approach
- Special Traffic Management Procedures (STMP)
- Tall Towers: The FAA's Obstruction Evaluation Process
Navigation
Weather Services Modernization
- Flight Service Station (FSS) Modernization: Lockheed Martin to Provide Flight Services for the 21st Century
- National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005 — Santorum Bill S. 786
Updated Tuesday, June 17, 2008
