Safety Management System

The Federal Aviation Administration's Safety Management System (SMS) is an agency-wide, formal approach to managing safety risk and assuring safety controls, while requiring critical commercial aviation segments to implement SMS through FAA policy and guidance.

Identity

Aliases: SMSSafety Management SystemFAA Safety Management SystemFAA SMS Program
Domains: aviation
Name: Safety Management System
Status: active
Types: operationsdevelopment

Details

Description: The Federal Aviation Administration's Safety Management System (SMS) is an agency-wide, formal approach to managing safety risk and assuring safety controls, while requiring critical commercial aviation segments to implement SMS through FAA policy and guidance.
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Assets & Meta

Creation Time: August 13, 2026 at 03:39:27 UTC
Updated Time: August 13, 2026 at 03:39:27 UTC

Other

Official Urls: https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/smshttps://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1042733