Flight Standards District Office

A Flight Standards District Office, or FSDO for short (pronounced: fIz-dƏƱ), is a locally affiliated field office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration.[1]

There are 78 such offices nationwide as of November 2015 physically located in every state except for Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Delaware is served by Philadelphia,[2] Rhode Island is served by Boston, [3] and Vermont and New Hampshire are served by Portland, Maine.[4]

Purpose

The FSDOs serve as local representatives of the FAA. Each office reports to one of nine Regional FAA offices[5] and perform a variety of compliance and enforcement actions. Such items include:[6]

  • Low-flying aircraft reporting
  • Accident Reporting
  • Air carrier certification and operations
  • Aircraft maintenance
  • Aircraft operational issues
  • Aircraft permits
  • Airmen certification (licensing) for pilots, mechanics, repairmen, dispatchers, and parachute riggers
  • Certification and modification issues
  • Enforcement of Airmen & Aircraft Regulations

References
  1. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/
  2. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/phl/local_more/media/serviceareaphl.pdf
  3. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/bos/local_more/media/serviceareabos.pdf
  4. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/pwm/local_more/media/serviceareapwm.pdf
  5. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/
  6. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/


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