Federal Aviation Regulations

The Federal Aviation Regulations, or FARs, are rules prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) governing all aviation activities in the United States. The FARs are part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). A wide variety of activities are regulated, such as aircraft design and maintenance, typical airline flights, pilot training activities, hot-air ballooning, lighter-than-air aircraft, man-made structure heights, obstruction lighting and marking, and even model rocket launches, model aircraft operation, and kite flying. The rules are designed to promote safe aviation, protecting pilots, flight attendants, passengers and the general public from unnecessary risk. Since 1958, these rules have typically been referred to as "FARs", short for Federal Aviation Regulations. However, another set of regulations (Title 48) is titled "Federal Acquisitions Regulations", and this has led to confusion with the use of the acronym "FAR". Therefore, the FAA began to refer to specific regulations by the term "14 CFR part XX".

Aviation regulations

Most country's administrations have regulatory authorities devoted to producing and publishing regulations for aeronautical operations.

Countries, organizations and publications

In Canada, the publication is called Canadian Aviation Regulations, and is produced by Transport Canada.

For a number of European States, the regulations are produced by the European Aviation Safety Agency.

In the United States, the publication is called Federal Aviation Regulations, and is produced by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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