Authorize an aircraft to conduct an SFO only if the aircraft is operating in accordance with which directive?

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Authorize an aircraft to conduct an SFO only if the aircraft is operating in accordance with which directive?

Special Flight Operations are allowed only when the operation follows a defined agreement or local procedures that bind the operator and the controlling authority. The agreement is a Letter of Agreement, which lays out how SFO will be conducted—routes, communications, altitudes, reporting, equipment, and responsibilities. If a local ATC facility has issued a Facility Directive, that directive provides the specific, site-focused rules for SFO within that facility’s airspace. In either case, the aircraft must be operating under the terms of the applicable LOA or the Facility Directive. General orders like FAA Order 7340.3 set broad airspace policies but do not by themselves authorize a specific SFO operation.

Special Flight Operations are allowed only when the operation follows a defined agreement or local procedures that bind the operator and the controlling authority. The agreement is a Letter of Agreement, which lays out how SFO will be conducted—routes, communications, altitudes, reporting, equipment, and responsibilities. If a local ATC facility has issued a Facility Directive, that directive provides the specific, site-focused rules for SFO within that facility’s airspace. In either case, the aircraft must be operating under the terms of the applicable LOA or the Facility Directive. General orders like FAA Order 7340.3 set broad airspace policies but do not by themselves authorize a specific SFO operation.

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