The United States Parachute Association (USPA) is a voluntary non-profit membership organization of individuals who enjoy and support the sport of skydiving. The USPA promotes safe skydiving through skydiver training, educating those wishing to learn to skydive, skydiver licensing and instructor qualifications, promoting skydive competitions and record-setting programs, and ensuring access to skydiving dropzones on United States airports and in the US airspace system.