Local Area Guide - FAA

Visit the Federal Aviation Administration website: www.faa.gov.

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Located just 2-miles from the Dulles Crowne Plaza and Conference Center is the FAA, or Federal Aviation Administration. Since 1926 the United States Government has been regulating air transportation and traffic, setting standards and rules for the aviation industry to follow, allowing for both innovation and safety to flourish. On April 1, 1967 the FAA became the governing body over aviation standards and procedures.

Today, little has changed with the general goals of the FAA, which remain to provide the public with the safest, most effective aerospace system in the world. Innovation, however, changes almost on a daily basis. Sleeker styles and fuel economy engines are designed and tested on a daily basis.

Upcoming FAA Events for 2006

• Feb. 9-10, 2006
  9th Annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference
• Feb. 28, 2006 - March 1, 2006
  31st Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference

The Crowne Plaza is pleased to offer guests complimentary shuttle service to the FAA headquarters, and other corporate parks located within a 5-mile radius. For further information on the services and accommodations found at the Crowne Plaza, which is located just 2-miles from the FAA headquarter, call (703) 471-6700.