News & Publications

Adding your Aircraft to a 14 CFR 135 Operating Certificate (PDF) gives operators planning to add an additional aircraft to their Part 135 certificate an outline of best practices. It discusses the regulations involved, gives guidance regarding this issue and stresses the importance of having a good relationship with local Flight Standards District Office (FSDO). 

ORLANDO, FL, October 6, 2008 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today recognized the efforts of several leaders in business aviation for their efforts … Continued

With a vision for smart growth designed to integrate mixed-use communities into the fabric of the region, Water Valley Land Company has more than 4,500 acres of master-planned commercial and residential communities.

Your article on charter flights ("Business Jet Crashes Show Rise of Rule-Breaking Charter Brokers," Aug. 26) negatively portrayed the entire charter industry, despite a historically strong safety record and stringent regulatory oversight of charter operators from the Federal Aviation Administration.

It’s ironic that the National Review abandoned its limited-government philosophy with an article touting support for the creation of a new bureaucracy ­ a “Sky-R-S,” if you will ­ for Federal Aviation Administration funding through user fees (Hell on a Tarmac, August 4).

As the old saying goes, “You can’t get there from here.” For the people who live in the small southwestern Minnesota town of Marshall (pop. 13,000), the challenge of getting from here to there is a fact of life.

Many States have different requirements from those of the U.S. when it comes to medical certificates. According to ICAO Annex 1 - Personnel Licensing, holders of commercial pilot licenses and airline transport licenses are required to hold a class 1 medical.

Effective July 24, 2008, the FAA extended the duration of first class medicals from six calendar months to 12 calendar months for pilots under the age of 40 conducting operations that require an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate.

On July 1, NBAA began a new fiscal year, which seems a good opportunity to report on the progress made, and look to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead as the new fiscal year gets underway.

This publication provides insight into the requirements for certification as a commercial operator under Part 119 as well as the differences between operations conducted under Parts 135, 125 and 121. Download the PDF.

This June 23, 2008, letter from NBAA reaffirms general aviation’s commitment to reducing aircraft emissions and protecting the environment. (98 KB, PDF)

In the "President's Perspective" column of the June/July 2008 Insider, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen discusses how business aviation has led the way in promoting advances aimed at reducing the industry’s environmental footprint.

As a follow-up to our conversation earlier today, I'd like to renew my request for a copy of the study referenced in a press release issued earlier this week by your organization, concerning supposed trends among commercial airline and general aviation passengers.

A recent USA TODAY article on very light jets omitted key facts about the impact VLJs will — or most likely, won’t — have on the nation’s aviation system (“Next-generation jets spur concerns,” News, Wednesday).

Luck Stone – a family-owned, Manakin, VA-based supplier of stone construction products – has remained rock solid in its commitment to business aviation.

For Bryan Currier – the 28-year-old president of Advantage Technologies, Inc., a Troy, Michigan-based medical information technology (IT) consulting firm – mobility means everything.

In parroting the big airlines’ distortions about funding for updates on the aviation system, USA TODAY’s recent editorial overlooks several important facts (“Give fliers a break,” Our view, Air travel debate, Feb. 13).

NBAA member, Paul Stafford, a commercial real estate investment specialist based in Missoula, MT, uses his single-engine, piston-powered airplane to extend the reach of his real estate practice as far as Denver, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Phoenix. Across the country, small business owners like Stafford, whose livelihoods depend on maximizing their limited time and resources, are finding business aviation aircraft can be a tool that helps them expand their markets and increase their efficiency.

On December 8, 2005, Southwest Airlines flight 1248, a Boeing 737-74H, (N471WN), ran off the departure end of runway 31 center (31C) after landing in a snow storm at Chicago Midway International Airport. The airplane rolled through a blast fence, an airport perimeter fence, and onto an adjacent roadway, where it struck an automobile before coming to a stop.