Flight Standards District Office


A Flight Standards District Office, or FSDO for short, is a locally affiliated field office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration. There are 78 such offices nationwide as of November 2015 physically located in every state except for: Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. .

Purpose

The Flight Standards District Offices serve as local representatives of the United States Federal Aviation Administration. Each office reports to one of nine Regional FAA offices and perform a variety of compliance and enforcement actions. Such items include: