Federal Aviation Administration

U.S. government agency regulating civil aviation
Organization air_navigation_service_provider Q335357
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Federal Aviation Administration

Summary

Federal Aviation Administration is an air navigation service provider[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of air_navigation_service_provider entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,255 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Federal Aviation Administration was a member of Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation[3].
  • Federal Aviation Administration was a member of Open Geospatial Consortium[4].
  • Federal Aviation Administration is in the country of United States[5].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's instance of is recorded as air navigation service provider[6].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's instance of is recorded as aviation authority[7].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's instance of is recorded as United States federal agency[8].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's flag image is recorded as Flag of the United States Federal Aviation Administration.svg[9].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's item operated is recorded as Federal Aviation Administration Registry[10].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's item operated is recorded as FAA Airmen Inquiry[11].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's item operated is recorded as North American Sabreliner[12].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's seal image is recorded as Seal of the United States Federal Aviation Administration.svg[13].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[14].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's ISNI is recorded as 000000040384994X[15].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136855410[16].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 178715492[17].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 283220902[18].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's GND ID is recorded as 19542-X[19].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79034443[20].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500269911[21].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12043408v[22].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's IdRef ID is recorded as 028639804[23].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's IdRef ID is recorded as 083943722[24].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's IdRef ID is recorded as 161023398[25].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA0120609X[26].
  • Federal Aviation Administration's IMDb ID is recorded as co0197928[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z[28] and +1958-08-23T00:00:00Z[29].

Identity

Federal Aviation Administration's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FAA'}[30].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Bryan Bedford[31], b. 1961[32], of United States[33] and Michael Whitaker[34], a businessperson[35], b. 1961[36], of United States[37].

Operations

Federal Aviation Administration's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[14]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as United States Department of Transportation[38]. Subsidiaries include Air Traffic Organization[39], a government agency[40], founded in 2003[41]; Civil Aerospace Medical Institute[42], a government agency[43], in United States[44], founded in 2001[45], headquartered in Oklahoma City[46]; and Office of Commercial Space Transportation[47], an United States federal agency[48], in United States[49], founded in 1984[50].

Why It Matters

Federal Aviation Administration ranks in the top 8% of air_navigation_service_provider entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,255 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . Federal Register. Retrieved . federalregister.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [39] . wikidata.org.
  25. [42] . wikidata.org.
  26. [47] . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] . wikidata.org.
  28. [4] . ogc.org. Retrieved . ogc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . faa.gov. Retrieved . faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . faa.gov. Retrieved . faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . National Archives Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [38] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . federalregister.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [30] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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