AIM

4/20/23

Flight Information Publication Policy

Flight Information Publication Policy

The following is in essence, the statement issued by the FAA Administrator and published in the December
10, 1964, issue of the Federal Register, concerning the FAA policy as pertaining to the type of information
that will be published as NOTAMs and in the Aeronautical Information Manual.

a. 

It is a pilot’s inherent responsibility to be alert at all times for and in anticipation of all circumstances,

situations, and conditions affecting the safe operation of the aircraft. For example, a pilot should expect to
find air traffic at any time or place. At or near both civil and military airports and in the vicinity of known
training areas, a pilot should expect concentrated air traffic and realize concentrations of air traffic are not
limited to these places.

b. 

It is the general practice of the agency to advertise by NOTAM or other flight information publications

such information it may deem appropriate; information which the agency may from time to time make avail-
able to pilots is solely for the purpose of assisting them in executing their regulatory responsibilities. Such
information serves the aviation community as a whole and not pilots individually.

c. 

The fact that the agency under one particular situation or another may or may not furnish information

does not serve as a precedent of the agency’s responsibility to the aviation community; neither does it give
assurance that other information of the same or similar nature will be advertised, nor, does it guarantee that
any and all information known to the agency will be advertised.

d. 

This publication, while not regulatory, provides information which reflects examples of operating tech-

niques and procedures which may be requirements in other federal publications or regulations. It is made
available solely to assist pilots in executing their responsibilities required by other publications.

Consistent with the foregoing, it is the policy of the Federal Aviation Administration to furnish information
only when, in the opinion of the agency, a unique situation should be advertised and not to furnish routine
information such as concentrations of air traffic, either civil or military. The Aeronautical Information
Manual will not contain informative items concerning everyday circumstances that pilots should, either by
good practices or regulation, expect to encounter or avoid.