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: