Special Flight Permit

Applicants can use the Special Flight Permit functionality to submit an application for a special flight permit. This application can be for a non-production flight test, a production flight test not involving a light aircraft, or a production flight test of a light aircraft. ASIs can also use this functionality to input information from paper applications into the system.

The first page of the Special Flight Permit process displays a SFP Questionnaire that you complete to specify the type of Special Flight Permit for which you are applying (production or non-production). You access this page by clicking the Special Flight Permit link in the Create Application bucket on the My AWC page. The Special Flight Permit page displays.

At the top of the FAA header, Help, User Guide, and References links are displayed in the right corner along with a Signout link. The Help link opens page-specific help for the current page. The User Guide link opens the Airworthiness Certification Applicant User Guide, which is the secondary resource for Airworthiness Certification Applicant Portal application user procedures and reference information. The References link opens a page allowing you to access FAA reference data relevant to Airworthiness Certification. The Signout link logs you out of the application and takes you to the System Use Notice. At the bottom of the FAA header, your name displays right justified along with a Person icon (); clicking the icon displays a pop-up screen with a list of the roles assigned to you.

The title bar showing the application name, "Airworthiness Certification (AWC) - Applicant Portal," displays at the top of the page below the standard FAA page header. The Airworthiness Certification application navigation top-level menu bar displays just below the title bar and contains the links that provide access to the Airworthiness Certification commands, or functions: My AWC, Search, Reports and My Profile.

Once you answer the questions on this page and click Save, the follow project information displays below the top-level menu.

Application Type N-Number Owner
Make & Model Status Application #
Certification Type Application Date Created By
Created Date Last Updated By Last Updated

In addition, below this application data block will be tabs with links to the various pages in the application process. The tabs are color coded indicating whether the pages under that tab are complete (green), in progress (yellow) or not yet started (red). Those pages with required fields are marked with icons indicating completed (), in progress (), or not yet started ().

To initiate the process of applying for a Special Flight Permit, follow the steps below. Required fields are marked with a red asterisk (*) on the page.

Complete the SFP Questionnaire

  1. If the Special Flight Permit is for a production flight test, select the Yes radio button on the Production Flight Test line; if not, select No.
  2. If you selected Yes for the Production flight test, a new question asking whether this is for a Light Sport Aircraft displays. Select the Yes radio button if the application is for a Light Sport Aircraft; if not, select No.
  3. Once you have answered the questionnaire, click Save. A confirmation message displays. The page will refresh and display both the application block header described above and a third-tier menu.
  1. The third-tier menu displays the following buckets, depending on whether this is a non-production flight test or a production flight test, involving light aircraft or not.