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Air Tour Operating Authority (ATOA) Reporting System

What It Is:A web based system that enables its users to

report, track, and manage air tour operating authority (IOA/OA) information that includes air tour routes, commercial air tour operators, air tour aircrafts, and National Parks that have commercial air tours.

Users must have a user name and password to gain access to the system.

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Air Tour Operating Authority (ATOA) Reporting System

Purpose:Provide FAA a means to Collect, Store, and

Monitor Operating Authority (IOA/OA) Data Received from Air Tour Operators

Provide NPS a Means to Review IOA/OA Data Relevant to Individual National Parks

Provide Air Tour Operators with a convenient method to report IOA/OA information via the Internet.

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ATOA Development History Prototype ATOA System Demonstrated at

June 2007 NPOAG Meeting Additional FAA and NPS Review Resulted in

Additional Enhancements/Requirements Enhancements/Requirements are Being

Completed in Two Phases Phase 1 Completed November 2008 Phase 2 Estimate Completion September 2009

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ATOA Major Enhancements Capability for operators over the Grand Canyon National

Park (GCNP) to report their operations information and Air Tour activities

Capability for the FAA to track and maintain additional relevant information such as operator aircraft data;

Capability for National Park Service (NPS) to view additional information;

Capability for operators to add profiles of the aircraft and airports

Capability for the FAA to add air tour routes associated with a park;

Capability to assign users different levels of access depending on their user status (FAA administrators, FAA staff, NPS, air tour operators etc).

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Phase 1 Enhancements OA/IOA reporting page shows 2 years of

data: the current year’s monthly reporting data and the previous years reporting data.

Operator data can be entered on a quarterly basis and will be “locked” 30 days after end of quarter.

Enable operators to create a profile of their aircraft so specific aircraft can be selected from a drop down menu when reporting a flight.

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Operator IOA/OA Reporting

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Operator IOA/OA Reporting

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Operator Aircraft Info

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Operator Aircraft Info

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Operator Aircraft Info

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ATOA Enhancements and Deployment

Phase 2 Complete Enhancements to ATOA

System Input Grand Canyon Operations Data to

ATOA Complete FAA Information Technology

Division’s Migration and Deployment Requirements