FAA Guidelines

Federal Aeronautics Administration (FAA) compliance is mandatory for all
the sites within a system. The verification of whether the site is within FAA
compliance should be covered during the design review process. If a site does
not conform within the FAA guidelines, then a potential redesign might be
in order to ensure FAA compliance.
The overall key elements that need to be followed for compliance are as
follows:
■ Height
■ Glide slope
■ Alarming
■ Marking and lighting
The verification of the height and glide slope calculations is needed for
every site. It is recommended that every site have the FAA compliance
checked and included in the master site reference document. If no documented
record had been made for a site regarding FAA compliance, it is
strongly recommended that this be done immediately. The time and effort
required to check FAA compliance is not long and could be done within a
week for a several-hundred-cell system.