This Order establishes roles, responsibilities, and processes for the Air Traffic Safety Oversight
Service (AOV), the Air Traffic Organization (ATO), and other Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) organizations directly involved in the provision or safety oversight of air navigation
services. This Order also establishes the processes that must be used within the FAA to conduct
safety oversight of air navigation service providers consistent with the International Civil
Aviation Organization’s standards. To maintain the highest levels of safety, FAA organizations
use risk-based, data driven decision making. This Order documents the specific delegation of
authority to the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (AVS-1), and further redelegation to
the Executive Director of the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service (AOV-1), for safety oversight
of ATO and enforcing safety regulations related to air navigation services. AOV-1 will have dual
direct reporting to the FAA Administrator and AVS-1.

This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance to assist airport operators in preparing for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) communications.

This order provides standard abbreviations (aircraft type designators) for the most common aircraft that utilize air traffic services (ATS). FAA Order JO 7110.65, Air Traffic Control, and FAA Order JO 7110.10, Flight Services, specify the use of aircraft type designators contained in this order; however, these type designators may also support other Air Traffic Organization (ATO) policy or guidance

This order explains Service Difficulty Report (SDR) requirements and promotes application of Safety Management System (SMS) principles to the safety data and information the aviation community reports to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Aviation Safety (AVS) Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) and Flight Standards Service (FS).

This Order provides guidance for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the development of standards as outlined in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities, published on January 27, 2016. OMB Circular A-119 outlines federal policy for Agency engagement in standards development based on the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) of 1995 (Public Law 104-113), as amended by Public Law 107-107 section 1115 on December 28, 2001. The NTTAA codified the policies on the development and use of voluntary consensus standards, as well as established reporting requirements. This Order facilitates the implementation of updated OMB Circular A-119 and provides the FAA with instructions for implementing the requirements of OMB Circular A-119. The key objectives of this Order are to:

a. Enable a coordinated and effective approach to the development and use of voluntary consensus standards, international standards, and other standards.

b. Manage the effective use of resources by focusing the FAA’s participation on the development of standards on anticipated regulatory needs. Promote a consistent approach to Agency engagement with standards bodies.

The FAA announces a clarification of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) policy regarding the review of payloads to be launched or reentered under an FAA license. Given the increasing complexity of payloads on the growing volume of FAA-licensed launches or reentries, the FAA is updating its payload review policy to require applicants for a payload review to disclose the contents and composition of all payloads, including those of all hosted payloads.