Aviation: External Links

Contains links to full text aviation manuals.

This current report, the Airline Quality Rating 2021, reflects monthly Airline Quality Rating scores for calendar year 2020. AQR scores for 2021 are based on 15 elements in four major areas that focus on airline performance aspects important to air travel consumers over the calendar year of 2020.

AirNav provides detailed information on airports in the United States as well as navigational aids.

Provides detailed terminal information for pilots including instrument approach procedures, standard terminal arrivals, departure procedures and airport diagrams.

The NTSB aviation accident database contains information from 1962 and later about civil aviation accidents and selected incidents within the United States, its territories and possessions, and in international waters

The National Transportation Safety Board provides animations and videos of selected aircraft accidents. Transcripts of the communications between ground control and the pilots are provided.

The FAA provides this web site of information on accidents that resulted in significant policy improvements and therefore a much safer air transport system.

AirSafe provides factual information on events that involve the deaths of airline passengers. It is meant for the passenger and not the professional. AirSafe provides fatal event information by airline and aircraft model, as well as information about current aviation safety issues.

This report, from the U.S. Department of Transportation, includes information about various airline service quality elements, including flight delays, mishandled baggage, oversales, and a variety of other types of consumer complaints.

This Bureau collects information on all aspects of transportation in the United States: air, rail and freight transportation.

The Office of Aviation Analysis collects air fare data and makes it available in these reports.

This is where you will find accident and incident reports, airline on-time statistics, and other aviation safety reports.