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FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS)

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

An air traffic facility which provides pilot briefings, flight plan processing, en route flight advisories, search and rescue services, and assistance to lost aircraft and aircraft in emergency situations. FSS also relay ATC clearances, process Notices to Airmen, and broadcast aviation weather and aeronautical information. In Alaska, FSS provide Airport Advisory Services.

See FLIGHT PLAN AREA (FPA); TIE-IN FACILITY.

Also called FSS.

In the 7110.65

Used in 33 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 1-2-6Abbreviations
  2. 2-1-9Reporting Essential Flight Information
  3. 2-1-14Coordinate Use of Airspace
  4. 2-1-17Radio Communications
  5. 2-1-23Bird Activity Information
  6. 2-2-2Forwarding Information
  7. 2-2-3Forwarding VFR Data
  8. 2-2-5IFR to VFR Flight Plan Change
  9. 2-2-12Airborne Military Flights
  10. 2-4-19Facility Identification
  11. 2-6-2PIREP Solicitation and Dissemination
  12. 2-6-3Reporting Weather Conditions
  13. 3-4-8Malsr/Odals
  14. 4-2-2Clearance Prefix
  15. 4-2-9Clearance Items
  16. 4-2-10Cancellation of IFR Flight Plan
  17. 4-3-2Departure Clearances
  18. 4-3-9VFR Release of IFR Departure
  19. 4-5-7Altitude Information
  20. 4-7-6Arrival Information
  21. 4-7-10Approach Information
  22. 4-7-11Arrival Information by Approach Control Facilities
  23. 4-7-12Airport Conditions
  24. 4-8-8Communications Release
  25. 7-5-5Local Operations
  26. 7-6-12Service Provided When Tower Is Inoperative
  27. 10-2-11Aircraft Bomb Threats
  28. 10-3-1Overdue Aircraft/Other Situations
  29. 10-3-2Information to Be Forwarded to ARTCC
  30. 10-3-3Information to Be Forwarded to Rcc
  31. 10-3-4Alnot
  32. 10-4-4Communications Failure
  33. 10-7-1Information Relay