Federal Aviation Administration

==Regions and Aeronautical Center operations==
[[File:US Overflight Fee Map.png|thumb|upright=2|alt=Map of approximately the Northern Hemisphere from Japan & New Guinea (left edge) to the middle of North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows yellow over the continental U.S. and Bahamas, Alaska (and much of the Bering Sea), and a yellow circle around Bermuda. Most of the Northern Pacific is colored blue along with a small section in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, and the western half of the North Atlantic from roughly the latitude of Maine to the northern edge of the Leeward Islands (or Puerto Rico).|Map depicting the FAA's air traffic control jurisdictions over all U.S. territories and some international waters, including (in yellow) regions where the U.S. provides enroute air traffic control services over land, (in blue) regions where the U.S. provides oceanic air traffic control services over international waters, including [[Hawaii]], several U.S. island territories, and some small, foreign island nations and territories.]]
The FAA is headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/ro_center/index.cfm?file_name=contact_us_headquarters |title=Regional Offices & Aeronautical Center |publisher=FAA |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=March 24, 2012 |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117233827/https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/ro_center/index.cfm?file_name=contact_us_headquarters |url-status=live}}</ref> and also operates the [[William J. Hughes Technical Center]] near [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], for support and research, and the [[Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center]] in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], for training. The FAA has nine regional administrative offices:
*Alaskan Region&nbsp;– [[Anchorage, Alaska]]
*Northwest Mountain&nbsp;– [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]]
*Northwestern Pacific&nbsp;– [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]
*Southwest&nbsp;– [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
*Central&nbsp;– [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
*Great Lakes&nbsp;– [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
*Southern&nbsp;– [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
*Eastern&nbsp;– [[New York City|New York, New York]]
*New England&nbsp;– [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]