Federal Aviation Administration: Difference between revisions

The '''Federal Aviation Administration''' ('''FAA''') is a [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] agency within the [[United States Department of Transportation|U.S. Department of Transportation]] which regulates [[civil aviation]] in the United States and surrounding [[international waters]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Van Loo |first=Rory |date=2018-08-01 |title=Regulatory Monitors: Policing Firms in the Compliance Era |url=https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/265 |journal=Faculty Scholarship |volume=119 |issue=2 |page=369 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604022358/https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/265/ |url-status=live}}</ref>'''{{rp|12,16}}''' Its powers include [[air traffic control]], certification of personnel and [[aircraft]], setting standards for airports, and protection of U.S. assets during the launch or [[re-entry]] of commercial space vehicles. Powers over neighboring [[international waters]] were delegated to the FAA by authority of the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]].

The FAA was created in {{Start date|1958|08}} as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]] (CAA). In 1967, the FAA became part of the newly formed [[United States Department of Transportation|U.S. Department of Transportation]] and was renamed the Federal Aviation Administration.