Responsible Office
AAS-300

Explains the different categories of U.S. airports designated to serve international air traffic and provides a listing of these airports.

150/5000-5C (PDF)

Responsible Office
APP-510

Announces availability of Guidelines for the Sound Insulation of Residences Exposed to Aircraft Operations.

150/5000-9A (PDF)

Responsible Office
APP-510

Provides guidance for the submission of the PFC application. View more recent versions of the PFC Application.

150/5000-12 (PDF)

Responsible Office
AAS-100

Announces the availability of RTCA, Inc., Document RTCA/DO-221, Guidance and Recommended Requirements for Airport Surface Movement Sensors, dated April 24, 1994. Provides recommended minimum performance standards for airport surface movement sensors and specifies both sensor and system characteristics that provide guidance to airport systems designers, manufacturers, installers, and users of the equipment.

Cancels AC 150/5000-13, Announcement of Availability-RTCA Inc., Document RTCA-221, dated September 7, 1994.

150/5300-13A (PDF)
150/5300-13A (MS Word)

Responsible Office
AAS-100

Explains how to obtain the latest airport-related research and development (R&D) products funded by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Airports Organization through the agency's Airport Technology Research and Development Branch, the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), the Innovative Pavement Research Foundation (IPRF), and the Airfield Asphalt Pavement Technology Program (AAPTP).

AC 150/5000-15 (PDF)
AC 150/5000-15 (MS Word)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Provides general guidance for noise control and compatibility planning for airports as well as specific guidance for preparation of airport noise exposure maps and airport noise compatibility programs by airport operators for submission under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 150, and the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979. Contains an expanded Table of Land Uses Normally Compatible with Various Levels of Noise.

150/5020-1 (PDF)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Provides guidance for citizen involvement in airport planning. Although not mandatory for airport grant programs, it explains the need for early citizen participation.

150/5050-4 (PDF)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Explains how to compute airport capacity and aircraft delay for airport planning and design. Consolidated file contains Changes 1 and 2.

Because of the size of this document, it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as several smaller files (see Parts 1-4).

150/5060-5 (Part 1) (PDF)
150/5060-5 (Part 2) (PDF)
150/5060-6 (Part 3) (PDF)
150/5060-5 (Part 4) (PDF)
150/5060-5 (Consolidated) (Complete) (PDF)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Provides guidance for the preparation of airport master plans that range in size and function from small general aviation to large commercial service facilities. Appendix D of this AC cancels Chapter 1, Section 5; Appendix 6; and Appendix 7 of AC 150/5300-13, Airport Design. Consolidated file contains Change 1.

150/5070-6B Change 1 (Consolidated) (PDF)
150/5070-6B Change 1 (Consolidated) (MS Word)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Provides guidance for effective airport system planning.

150/5070-7 (PDF)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Attempts to acquaint public airport owners and other interested parties with the Federal Surplus Personal Property Program for public airports and to outline procedures to be used in applying for and acquiring surplus personal property for this purpose.

150/5150-2B (PDF)

Responsible Office
AAS-100

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids.

150/5300-13 (Part 1: Chapters 1-8) (PDF)
150/5300-13 (Part 2: Appendices 1-11) (PDF)
150/5300-13 (Part 3: Appendix 12) (PDF)
150/5300-13 (Part 4: Appendices 13-19) (PDF)
AC 150/5300-13 (Consolidated) (Complete) (PDF)

Provides guidance to assist airport sponsors in their evaluation and preparation of the airport landing surface to support instrument approach procedures and incorporates change 4 criteria into the airport layout plan preparation guidance.

150/5300-13 Change 5 (PDF)

Provides expanded guidance for new approach procedures and incorporates new Flight Standards requirements.

150/5300-13 Change 6 (PDF)

Provides new guidance consistent with Runway Safety Area Program requirments, clarifies nighttime threshold siting requirements, and revises new instrument approach procedures and requirements for preparing airport layout plans.

150/5300-13 Change 7 (PDF)

Removes Precision Object Free Area (POFA) and establishes Precision Obstacle Free Zone (POFZ), changes standards for the Runway Safety Area, and revises Appendix 2 to allow for greater flexibility in threshold siting criteria.

150/5300-13 Change 8 (PDF)
150/5300-13 Change 8 (MS Word)

Corrects Table 3-3 and revises Appendix 2 to include standards for runway end siting requirements, including a new 40:1 departure surface.

150/5300-13 Change 9 (PDF)
150/5300-13 Change 9 (MS Word)

Adds information about tail heights and a table specifying wingspan and tail heights for each Airplane Design Group to Chapter 1, a paragraph about End-Around Taxiways and associated figures and tables to Chapter 4, and a new Appendix 17, Minimum Distances Between Certain Airport Features and Any On-Airport Agriculture Crops. Includes changes to Chapter 1; Tables 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3; Chapter 4; Appendix 2, and Appendix 16. Cancels Appendices 6 and 7. See also Errata Sheet below.

150/5300-13 Change 10 (PDF)
150/5300-13 Change 10 (MS Word)
Errata Sheet for 150/5300-13 Change 10 (October 13, 2006) (MS Word)

Clarifies the standard for the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ), makes an editorial correction to Table 3-3, and updates the Table of Contents and Figure 2-3.

150/5300-13 Change 11 (PDF)
150/5300-13 Change 11 (MS Word)

Reschedules the One Engine Inoperative (OEI) implementation date from January 1, 2008, to January 1, 2009. Also requires end-around taxiway projects to be pre-approved by the Office of Airport Safety and Standards, Airport Engineering Division; changes the applicability of Appendix 2, paragraph 3b, to allow the use of these standards to object to objects affecting navigable airspace relative to 14 CFR Part 77; and identifies what Airport Airspace Analysis Survey criteria to use based on current or planned instrument approaches serving the runway ends.

150/5300-13 Change 12 (PDF)
150/5300-13 Change 12 (MS Word)
Errata Sheet for 150/5300-13 Change 12 (February 15, 2008) (MS Word)

Moves data from Table 1 of Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5340-18D, Standards for Airport Sign Systems, into Tables 2-1 and 2-2 of this AC. A new paragraph 213 includes the information from Table 1 and additional information about this change.

Change 13 (PDF)
Change 13 (MS Word)
Errata Sheet for 150/5300-13 Change 13 (July 31, 2008) (MS Word)

This Change reschedules the One Engine Inoperative (OEI) implementation date from January 1, 2009, to January 1, 2010.

Change 14 (PDF)
Change 14 (MS Word)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Provides guidance material for the planning and design of airport terminal buildings at non-hub locations.

Because of the size of this document (5.28 MB), it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as several smaller files (see Parts 1-4).

150/5360-9 (Complete) (PDF)
150/5360-9 (Part 1) (PDF)
150/5360-9 (Part 2) (PDF)
150/5360-9 (Part 3) (PDF)
150/5360-9 (Part 4) (PDF)

Responsible Office
APP-400

Provides guidelines for the planning and design of airport terminal buildings and related access facilities. Consolidated file includes Change 1.

Because of the size of the document, it is available as one large file (see Complete) or as several smaller files (Part 1-4).

150/5360-13 (Consolidated) (Complete) (PDF)
150/5360-13 (Part 1) (PDF)
150/5360-13 (Part 2) (PDF)
150/5360-13 (Part 3) (PDF)
150/5360-13 (Part 4) (PDF)