Commercial Air Tour Operator Reports

Commercial air tour operators mandatorily report on the number of operations tours over national park units they conduct to the FAA. Commercial air tour operators are required to report as a condition of their Operation Specification that allows them to conduct air tours over national park units. The entities that are required to report are those operators who are currently granted the authority to conduct air tours over national park units. The operators will report on a semi-annual (every six months) basis. The collection is operators reporting their air tour information to the FAA and NPS, and the information includes the date and time of the tour, the type of aircraft the tour was conducted in, and the route that was utilized for the tour of the park. In addition, operators in parks with completed air tour management plans with flight monitoring requirements report their air tour flight monitoring data. The commercial air tour operational data is received by the FAA and NPS has and will be used by the agencies as background information useful in the development of air tour management plans and voluntary agreements for purposes of meeting the mandate of NPATMA and for monitoring compliance with conditions and limitations of air tour management plans. The data has and also will be used to assist FAA and NPS in developing and publishing an annual list of parks with 50 or fewer air tour operations a year which was an amendment provision to NPATMA in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.

The latest form for Commercial Air Tour Operator Reports expires 2027-09-30 and can be found here.

Commercial Air Tour Reporting Data - Smaller Operators - No Flight Monitoring Data

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