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Lithium Batteries: A Hot Topic

Learn about the risks, the data, and how the FAA helps prevent lithium battery incidents on aircraft.

Sep 21, 2022

Backpack with lithium battery-powered devices

Sep 21, 2022

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FAA Upgrades Wrong-Surface Alert Technology

Controllers are alerted when pilots inadvertently line up to land on a taxiway instead of a runway.

Mar 2, 2023

Planes lined up on the runway at Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

Mar 2, 2023

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FAA Maintains Focus on Dangerous Laser Strikes

Pilots made nearly 13,000 reports in 2024; the most in California, Texas and Florida.

Mar 26

FAA Maintains Focus on Dangerous Laser Strikes

Mar 26

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FAA Launches Improved Runway Safety Tool

Memory aid boosts air traffic controller awareness of occupied and closed runways

Mar 19

Air traffic controllers at Centennial Tower in Colorado were the first to use the enhanced Runway Incursion Device, pictured in the center with green and red buttons.

Mar 19

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Boosting Runway Safety

An aircraft arresting system developed by the FAA and industry has proven its safety value for nearly 30 years at airports across the…

Mar 17

The Engineering Materials Arresting System safely stopped this regional jet when it overran Runway 23 at West Virginia International Yeager Airport in January 2010.

Mar 17

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‘From the Flight Deck’ Preps Pilots, Offers Preflight Planning Aid

Pilots across the country are flying more safely with help from the FAA’s educational video series filmed with aircraft-mounted cameras.

Feb 28

From the Flight Deck: Hazards and Hot Spots

Feb 28

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From Frost to Flight

How the FAA helps you take off and land safely in winter weather

Feb 12

From Frost to Flight

Feb 12

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2024 By the Numbers: One of the Busiest Years for Flights

Last year proved to be one for the aviation record books.

Jan 3

2024 wrap-up with top travel day, top 3 airports, IFR flights and cancellation rates

Jan 3

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One Year after Boeing Door Plug Incident

By Mike Whitaker, FAA Administrator

Jan 2

FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker in front of U.S. flag

Jan 2

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Airports and Archaeology Meld in Far Reaches of Alaska

The FAA’s Alaskan Region tribal liaison supports Alaskan tribes seeking aviation infrastructure and safety for their community as well as…

Nov 25, 2024

The FAA’s Kendall Campbell against a snowy backdrop in Alaska.

Nov 25, 2024

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