FAA Eastern Region

About FAA Eastern

The Eastern Region oversees the densest airspace in the United States, including the New York / Philadelphia / Washington tri-area whose terminal procedures define airline scheduling across the country. The FAA assigns each airport in the United States to one of nine administrative regions; this region's office at Jamaica, NY handles airport certification, safety inspections, federal-grant coordination, and overall coordination with the air-traffic-control facilities physically inside its territory.

For travelers, the most useful thing to know about a region is which of its airports is the closest hub for the trip you are planning, and which secondary or regional airports could spare you a longer drive to the major hub. The featured airports below cover the largest gateways inside the Eastern Region, and the state list below that gives you a way to drill into every public-use airport the region covers.

States & territories in the Eastern region

Featured airports inside the Eastern region

Region totals