INTERNET RESOURCES FOR COVERING AVIATION

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Air Disasters
http://www.airdisaster.com/
Site tracks accidents and disasters.

Air Traffic Control
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
FAA site has current airport traffic status reports.

Air Transport Association
http://www.airlines.org/
Airlines' trade group.

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
http://www.aopa.org/
Membership site tracks flight restrictions and aviation issues.

Airports Council International
http://aci-na.org/
Airports' trade group.

American Association of Airport Executives
http://www.airportnet.org
Airport operators' trade group.

Aviation Data
http://www.ire.org/datalibrary/databases/index.html
NICAR's guided tour of FAA databases.

FAA
http://www.faa.gov/
Security and safety information, preliminary accident data, on-time statistics, etc.

FBO Web
http://www.fboweb.com/20/trackmenu.asp
Links to flight tracking information in real time, by flight number, airport or tail number.

Flight Tracker
http://flightaware.com/
Graphic interface shows flights in the air

Landings.com
http://www.landings.com/
Searchable databases for N-numbers, owners, pilots and more.

National Transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/aviation.htm
Investigations and accident synopses.

Transportation Security Administration
http://www.tsa.gov/
Federal agency providing security at some airports.

Ultimate Aviation Links
http://www.ultimateaviationlinks.com/
Huge list of aviation-related links, sorted by topic.