FAA publications for use with FlightAware

FlightAware General
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Here’s a list of FAA publications that may be of interest to users of FlightAware. Several of these have been referenced or had users pointed to. I figured it might be good to have them all in one place, hopefully in a sticky posting. Please feel free to add to the list.

All ATC publications
7340.1 Contractions: Encoding/decoding of radio telephony (call signs), aircraft types, nationality assignments, and related material
Location Identifiers:Encoding/decoding of all airport, weather stations, and other location codes
FAA Data & Statistics: links to accident/incident preliminary reports, aviation data and statistics, and other statistics
direct link to the Preliminary Accident and Incident report mentioned above
Flight Delay Information
National Airspace Status

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Links to Canadian info:

weather:

flightplanning.navcanada.ca/ … peDoc=html

**civil registration
**

tc.gc.ca/aviation/activepage … n/menu.asp

flightplanning and Info.

navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?L … efault.xml

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CFS:

http://www.navcanada.ca/ContentDefinitionFiles/Publications/AeronauticalInfoProducts/CanadianAirportCharts/CanadianAirportCharts_current.pdf

Careful, it’s 57mb.

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who in the heck ventures into the great white north anyways?? :unamused: :wink:

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N-Number lookup: registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry … quiry.aspx

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Does anybody know where there is a reference to the origin of the three letter Identifier of an airport? For instance why is St Mary’s, PA - OYM?

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abcnews.go.com/Travel/history-ai … d=11684406

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The reference in the OP for “Contractions: Encoding/decoding of radio telephony (call signs), aircraft types, nationality assignments, and related material” is outdated. The correct reference is
faa.gov/air_traffic/publicat … CNTHME.HTM

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The FAA decided to move stuff around again. Here is the correct link for decoding Contractions faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/CNT.pdf

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airservicesaustralia.com/aip … rtsTOC.htm

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Here is a site that also talks about the history of airport codes.

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New Link to the FAA Contractions Manual

faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/order/cnt.pdf

Encoding/decoding of radio telephony (call signs), aircraft types, nationality assignments, and related material

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Why can’t the FAA once and for all make it mandatory for all pilots based here at ORD
to follow the simple take-off program call Fly Quiet. Climb out to 3,000 AGL upon take
off after the FAA 2300 golden hour would help those impacted communities to the east
of the fence line.

www.capp-citizensagainstplanepollution.com