Airports Series 150 Advisory Circular Library
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Category - Airport Safety - General
Number of Advisory Circulars found - 41
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AC Number | Title, Description, Files | Publication Date |
150/5220-4B
Responsible Office |
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT FIRE AND RESCUE PROTECTION
Provides guidance for the selection of a water source and standards for the design of a distribution system to support aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) service operations on airports.
150/5220-4B (PDF)
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July 29, 1992 |
150/5210-13B
Responsible Office |
WATER RESCUE PLANS, FACILITIES, AND EQUIPMENT
Provides guidance on preparing for water rescue operations.
150/5210-13B (PDF)
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April 15, 2004 |
150/5210-18A
Responsible Office |
SYSTEMS FOR INTERACTIVE TRAINING OF AIRPORT PERSONNEL
Provides guidance in the design of systems for interactive training of airport personnel, which are eligible for funding under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and with Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) revenues.
150/5210-18A (PDF)
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September 29, 2008 |
150/5200-35
Responsible Office |
SUBMITTING THE AIRPORT MASTER RECORD IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE A NEW AIRPORT
Provides guidance to airport owners and inspectors on using FAA Forms 5010-3 and 5010-5.
150/5200-35 (PDF)
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May 20, 2004 |
150/5340-18E
Responsible Office |
STANDARDS FOR AIRPORT SIGN SYSTEMS
Contains the Federal Aviation Administration standards for the siting and installation of signs on airport runways and taxiways. Incorporates mandatory hold signs that reflect changed standards for the Precision Obstacle Free Zone (POFZ) and Category (CAT II/III) operations. Includes sign standards to assist airport operators in designating (1) the POFZ holding position in those instances where a taxiway, holding apron, or other movement area would result in an aircraft fuselage or tail penetrating, and (2) the alternative holding position on a taxiway during CAT II/III operations necessary to maintain adequate aircraft separation.
150/5340-18E (PDF)
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September 12, 2008 |
150/5200-32A
Responsible Office |
REPORTING WILDLIFE AIRCRAFT STRIKES
Explains the importance of reporting collisions between aircraft and wildlife, more commonly referred to as wildlife strikes. Also examines recent improvements in the FAA's Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Reporting system, how to report a wildlife strike, what happens to the wildlife strike report data, how to access the FAA National Wildlife Aircraft Strike Database, and the FAA’s Feather Identification program.
150/5200-32A (PDF)
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December 22, 2004 |
150/5200-36
Responsible Office |
QUALIFICATIONS FOR WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST CONDUCTING WILDLIFE HAZARD ASSESSMENTS AND TRAINING CURRICULUMS FOR AIRPORT PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN CONTROLLING WILDLIFE HAZARDS ON AIRPORTS
Describes the qualifications for wildlife biologists who conduct Wildlife Hazard Assessments for airports certificated under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 139. Addresses the minimum wildlife hazard management curriculum for the initial and recurrent training of airport personnel involved in implementing an FAA-approved Wildlife Hazard Management Plan.
150/5200-36 (PDF)
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June 28, 2006 |
150/5210-17A
Responsible Office |
PROGRAMS FOR TRAINING OF AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL
Provides information on course and reference materials for training of aircraft and firefighting (ARFF) personnel.
150/5210-17A (PDF)
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April 28, 2006 |
150/5210-5C
Responsible Office |
PAINTING, MARKING, AND LIGHTING OF VEHICLES USED ON AN AIRPORT
Provides guidance, specifications, and standards for painting, marking, and lighting of vehicles operating in the airport air operations area (AOA).
AC 150/5210-5C (PDF)
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August 31, 2007 |
150/5370-2E
Responsible Office |
OPERATIONAL SAFETY ON AIRPORTS DURING CONSTRUCTION
Provides guidance on operational safety on airports---with special emphasis on safety during periods of construction activity---to assist airport operators in complying with Part 139, Certification of Airports.
150/5370-2E (PDF)
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January 17, 2003 |
150/5200-28D
Responsible Office |
NOTICES TO AIRMEN (NOTAMS) FOR AIRPORT OPERATORS
Provides guidance on using the NOTAM system for airport condition reporting and describes significant changes to the format of Distant (D) and Local (L) NOTAMs.
150/5200-28D (PDF)
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January 28, 2008 |
150/5200-37
Responsible Office |
INTRODUCTION TO SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (SMS) FOR AIRPORT OPERATORS
Introduces the concept of a safety management system (SMS) for airport operators.
150/5200-37 (PDF)
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February 28, 2007 |
150/5200-33B
Responsible Office |
HAZARDOUS WILDLIFE ATTRACTANTS ON OR NEAR AIRPORTS
Provides guidance on certain land uses that have the potential to attract hazardous wildlife on or near public-use airports. It also discusses airport development projects (including airport construction, expansion, and renovation) affecting aircraft movement near hazardous wildlife attractants.
150/5200-33B (PDF)
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August 28, 2007 |
150/5220-21B
Responsible Office |
GUIDE SPECIFICATION FOR DEVICES USED TO BOARD AIRLINE PASSENGERS WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS
Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design, construction, and testing of devices used to assist in the boarding of airline passengers with mobility impairments.
150/5220-21B (PDF)
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March 17, 2000 |
150/5220-10D
Responsible Office |
GUIDE SPECIFICATION FOR AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLES
Contains information, references, and guidelines for a family of aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles. Vehicles meeting this standard satisfy Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139, Certification of Airports, and meet the requirements for airport response to aircraft fire fighting.
150/5220-10D (PDF)
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September 24, 2007 |
150/5210-20
Responsible Office |
GROUND VEHICLE OPERATIONS ON AIRPORTS
Contains guidance to airport operators on developing ground vehicle operation training programs.
150/5210-20 (PDF)
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June 21, 2002 |
CHANGE 1
Strongly recommends that all certificated airports provide initial and annual recurrent driver training to all persons with access to the movement area.
150/5210-20 Change 1 (PDF)
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March 31, 2008 |
150/5300-18B
Responsible Office |
GENERAL GUIDANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF AERONAUTICAL SURVEYS TO NGS: FIELD DATA COLLECTION AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) STANDARDS - PLANNING GUIDANCE ONLY
This version of AC 150/5300-18B is for Planning Guidance Only for use in projects being worked in this year.
150/5300-18B - Planning Guidance Only (Complete) (PDF)
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May 8, 2008 |
150/5300-16A
Responsible Office |
GENERAL GUIDANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR AERONAUTICAL SURVEYS: ESTABLISHMENT OF GEODETIC CONTROL AND SUBMISSION TO THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY
Explains the specifications for establishing geodetic control on or near an airport. It also describes how to submit the information to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) for approval and inclusion in the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) in support of aeronautical information surveys.
150/5300-16A (PDF)
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September 15, 2007 |
150/5300-17B
Responsible Office |
GENERAL GUIDANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR AERONAUTICAL SURVEY AIRPORT IMAGERY ACQUISITION AND SUBMISSION TO THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY
Provides the specifications for Airport Imagery acquisition and how to submit the imagery for review and approval in support of aeronautical information and airport engineering surveys.
150/5300-17B (PDF)
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September 29, 2008 |
150/5200-12B
Responsible Office |
FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY IN PROTECTING EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
Furnishes general guidance for airport, employees, airport management, and other personnel responsible for firefighting and rescue operations, at the scene of an aircraft accident, and on the proper presentation of evidence.
150/5200-12B (PDF)
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September 3, 1999 |
150/5220-22A
Responsible Office |
ENGINEERED MATERIALS ARRESTING SYSTEMS (EMAS) FOR AIRCRAFT OVERRUNS
Contains standards for the planning, design, and installation of EMAS in runway safety areas.
150/5220-22A (PDF)
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September 30, 2005 |
150/5210-19
Responsible Office |
DRIVER'S ENHANCED VISION SYSTEM (DEVS)
Contains performance standards, specifications, and recommendations for DEVS.
150/5210-19 (PDF)
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December 23, 1996 |
150/5000-5C
Responsible Office |
DESIGNATED U.S. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
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)
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December 4, 1996 |
150/5220-17A
Responsible Office |
DESIGN STANDARDS FOR AN AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING TRAINING FACILITY
Contains standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design of an aircraft rescue and firefighting training facility utilizing either propane or a flammable liquid hydrocarbon (FLH) as the fuel.
150/5220-17A (PDF)
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January 31, 1992 |
CHANGE 1
Incorporates Chapter 4, Mobile ARFF Training Devices, which provides the standards, specifications, and recommendations for the design of mobile ARFF training devices.
150/5220-17A Change 1 (PDF)
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November 24, 1998 |
150/5380-5B
Responsible Office |
DEBRIS HAZARDS AT CIVIL AIRPORTS
Discusses problems of debris at airports, gives information on foreign objects, and tells how to eliminate such objects from operational areas.
150/5380-5B (PDF)
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July 5, 1996 |
150/5200-34A
Responsible Office |
CONSTRUCTION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF LANDFILLS NEAR PUBLIC AIRPORTS
Contains guidance on complying with new Federal statutory requirements regarding the construction or establishment of landfills near public airports.
150/5200-34A (PDF)
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January 26, 2006 |
150/5220-18A
Responsible Office |
BUILDINGS FOR STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF AIRPORT SNOW AND ICE CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
Provides guidance for the site selection and design of buildings used to store and maintain airport snow and ice control equipment, store approved materials, and provide personnel areas required to support the requirements under the airport operator’s winter storm management plan.
150/5220-18A (PDF)
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September 14, 2007 |
150/5000-15
Responsible Office |
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF AIRPORT-RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS
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)
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September 29, 2008 |
150/5200-29A
Responsible Office |
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF AIRPORT SELF-INSPECTION DVD
Announces the availability of the Airport Safety Self-Inspection DVD, which replaces the previously issued videotape. It also corrects a previously released announcement, dated January 31, 2007, that was incorrectly numbered AC 150/5200-18C.
150/5200-29A (PDF)
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June 5, 2007 |
150/5200-30C
Responsible Office |
AIRPORT WINTER SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance to assist airport operators in developing a snow and ice control plan, conducting and reporting runway friction surveys, and establishing snow removal and control procedures. Version B of this AC cancelled AC 150/5220-13B, Runway Surface Condition Sensor Specification Guide, dated March 27, 1991.
AC 150/5200-30C (PDF)
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December 9, 2008 |
150/5220-20
Responsible Office |
AIRPORT SNOW AND ICE CONTROL EQUIPMENT
Provides guidance to airport operators on the procurement of snow and ice control equipment for airport use.
150/5220-20 (PDF)
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June 30, 1992 |
CHANGE 1
Provides guidance to airport operators involved in the procurement of snow sweepers to control ice and snow at airports during inclement weather.
150/5220-20 Change 1 (PDF)
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March 1, 1994 |
150/5200-18C
Responsible Office |
AIRPORT SAFETY SELF-INSPECTION
Provides information to airport operators about airport self-inspection programs and identifies what should be included in such programs.
150/5200-18C (PDF)
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April 23, 2004 |
150/5200-31A
Responsible Office |
AIRPORT EMERGENCY PLAN
Provides guidance for the preparation and implementation of emergency plans at civil airports.
150/5200-31A (PDF)
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September 30, 1999 |
150/5300-13
Responsible Office |
AIRPORT DESIGN
This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids.
150/5300-13 (Part 1: Chapters 1-8) (PDF)
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September 29, 1989 |
CHANGE 5
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)
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February 14, 1997 |
CHANGE 6
Provides expanded guidance for new approach procedures and incorporates new Flight Standards requirements.
150/5300-13 Change 6 (PDF)
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September 30, 2000 |
CHANGE 7
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)
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October 1, 2002 |
CHANGE 8
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)
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September 30, 2004 |
CHANGE 9
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)
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September 26, 2005 |
CHANGE 10
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)
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September 29, 2006 |
CHANGE 11
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)
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March 28, 2007 |
CHANGE 12
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)
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January 3, 2008 |
CHANGE 13
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)
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June 19, 2008 |
CHANGE 14
This Change reschedules the One Engine Inoperative (OEI) implementation date from January 1, 2009, to January 1, 2010. |
November 1, 2008 |
150/5210-22
Responsible Office |
AIRPORT CERTIFICATION MANUAL (ACM)
Provides methods for meeting the certification requirements specified in Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 139, Certification of Airports. This AC cancels AC 139/201-1, Airport Certification Manual (ACM) and Airport Certification Specifications (ACS).
150/5210-22 (PDF)
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April 26, 2004 |
150/5210-14B
Responsible Office |
AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND CLOTHING
Contains references to the minimum requirements for the selection and performance of aircraft rescue and firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE), self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), and powered rescue tools. Designed to assist airport management in the development of local procurement specifications for airport fire departments.
150/5210-14B (PDF)
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September 30, 2008 |
150/5210-15A
Responsible Office |
AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING STATION BUILDING DESIGN
Contains information, references and guidelines for construction of Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) station building design.
150/5210-15A (PDF)
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September 10, 2008 |
150/5210-7D
Responsible Office |
AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING COMMUNICATIONS
Provides guidance to assist airport operators in preparing for Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) communications.
150/5210-7D (PDF)
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April 14, 2008 |
150/5230-4A
Responsible Office |
AIRCRAFT FUEL STORAGE, HANDLING, AND DISPENSING ON AIRPORTS
Identifies standards and procedures for storage, handling, and dispensing of aviation fuel on airports.
150/5230-4A (PDF)
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June 18, 2004 |
150/5220-9A
Responsible Office |
AIRCRAFT ARRESTING SYSTEMS ON CIVIL AIRPORTS
Contains FAA standards and recommendations for the installations of aircraft arresting systems on civil airports not owned or operated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). This AC does not describe Engineered Materials Arresting Systems (EMAS). For guidance on EMAS, see AC 150/5220-22, Engineered Materials Arresting Systems (EMAS) for Aircraft Overruns.
150/5220-9A (PDF)
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December 20, 2006 |
150/5190-4A
Responsible Office |
A MODEL ZONING ORDINANCE TO LIMIT HEIGHT OF OBJECTS AROUND AIRPORTS
Provides a model zoning ordinance to be used as a guide to control the height of objects around airports. Editorially updated.
150/5190-4A (PDF)
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December 14, 1987 |
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