The Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 established the authority for the FAA to charge user fees for flights that neither land nor take off from the United States. These services used to be free to the ultimate user with the costs absorbed by revenue collected from the airline ticket tax and appropriated funds. As a result of the combined effort of staff from air traffic, policy and finance, an automated system was developed and implemented to bill and collect overflight fees for the approximately 220,000 overflights annually. This involves collecting and editing detail air traffic and flight plan data to determine the amount of the charge, identifying the aircraft operator, issuing a bill to the address of record, and processing electronic and manual collections. May 19 through June 30 was sent out in July with payment due 30 days later.
Collections are currently underway.
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