Data & Information

FAA Accident and Incident Data Systems (AIDS)
The FAA Accident and Incident Data System (AIDS) database contains data records for general aviation and commercial air carrier incidents since 1978. The ASIAS database for AIDS contains incidents only because ASIAS uses the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident database as the primary source for accident information. The information contained in AIDS is gathered from several sources including incident reports on FAA Form 8020-5.
Air Registry (AR)
The FAA aircraft registry is a data system used to record and track civil aircraft registered in the United States. Registration occurs at the Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma City where the appropriate information is obtained and recorded from the aircraft purchaser. The database is updated in real time as the registry staff obtain and enter the data into the data system. The Registry maintains the permanent records of over 320,000 active civil aircraft and provides approximately 700 copies of aircraft records daily for review to users of the Public Documents Room located in the Registry Building at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)
The Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) receives, processes, and analyzes reports of unsafe occurrences and hazardous situations that are voluntarily submitted by pilots, air traffic controllers, and others. Information collected by the ASRS is used to identify hazards and safety discrepancies in the National Airspace System. It is also used to formulate policy and to strengthen the foundation of aviation human factors safety research.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) database contains traffic and capacity statistics on individual Air Carrier operations. BTS is an administration under the Department of Transportation (DOT), at a similar organizational level as the FAA. During the 1970s, when the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was disestablished, the CAB Bureau of Accounts and Statistics came to be what is now the BTS office of Airline Statistics.