FAA Banned Countries

The FAA maintains a list of countries whose airlines are banned from operating in the United States because they do not meet minimum standards for aviation safety and do not maintain sufficient oversight of carriers within their own borders. Below are countries whose airlines are banned by the FAA from operating in the United States.

  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Cote D’ Ivoire
  • Curacao
  • Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Indonesia
  • Kiribate*
  • Montenegro
  • Nauru
  • Nicaragua
  • Paraguay
  • Philippines
  • Serbia
  • Sint Maarten
  • Swaziland
  • Ukraine
  • Uruguay
  • Zimbabwe