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H.R. 5205, introduced in the 119th Congress on September 8, 2025, would amend title 49 of the United States Code to authorize owners or operators of general aviation airports to impose certain noise-related restrictions on noncommercial charter flights. The bill requires the FAA Administrator to consult with general aviation airport owners upon request to make
2025-09-08
H.R. 5205, introduced in the 119th Congress on September 8, 2025, would amend title 49 of the United States Code to authorize owners or operators of general aviation airports to impose certain noise-related restrictions on noncommercial charter flights. The bill requires the FAA Administrator to consult with general aviation airport owners upon request to make
2025-08-08
Complete List Of FAA Grant Assurances Complied by the Airport & Aviation Attorneys at STONE LLP Grant Assurances Applicable To Airports and Airport Sponsors As of the writing of this webpage, the FAA mandates a total of 39 grant assurances and these apply to each airport’s performance of its grant agreement with the federal government
2025-08-07
By JACK BROOK and LISA BAUMANN A technology issue prompted United Airlines to ground planes at major U.S. airports Wednesday and more than 1,000 flights were delayed. The impacted system, called Unimatic, houses flight information that is fed to other systems including those that calculate weight and balance and track flight times, according to United. It’s not clear
2025-07-07
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has seen seismic changes in the past several months. On June 30, 2025, FAA rescinded its previous NEPA procedures and issued new Order 1050.1G, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, to address the recent rescission of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations, recent Executive Orders, and a recent
2025-05-13
Re https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2025-0605 Our comment to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2025-0605 on the negative impacts new FAA regulations will have on Sea-Tac and KCIA airport communities. Although the new regulations are confined to the AIP grant program, because they are being implemented via Executive Order, it is likely that similar features will be tacked onto all FAA programs concerning leaded
2025-05-11
GAO-25-108502 Published: May 15, 2025. Publicly Released: May 15, 2025. Fast Facts The U.S. national airspace system is the busiest and most complex in the world, with over 45,000 flights per day. The Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs FAA on how the agency is to ensure its safety and efficiency. We testified
2025-05-08
A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in air travel. Kate Kelly, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what the problems at one of the country’s biggest airports tell us about air-travel safety
2025-05-08
By JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a multibillion-dollar overhaul of a U.S. air traffic control system that it said still relies on floppy disks and replacement parts found on eBay and has come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of recent deadly plane crashes and technical failures. The plan calls for six new air traffic
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