The Federal Aviation Administration's Flight Standards Division has been informed of a Boeing 747 flap that washed ashore early Friday morning in Piti.

Tim Cornelison, air traffic manager for the FAA on Guam, confirmed that the aircraft part is called a "leading-edge flap." It is about 11 feet long he said.

The U.S. Coast Guard called the FAA about the discovery of the plane part and it was transported to the A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport for storage, said Cornelison.

Cornelison said the Flights Standards Division will determine where the part came from.

Port Authority police and Guam police officers responded to the shoreline where the flap had washed ashore.

Port Authority General Manager Rory Respicio said local police took care of calling the FAA.

The manufacture's label on the part states it's from a Boeing 747. The part, also known as a "fore flap" is registered to a cargo transport company called Aerosup.

An Aerosup flight took off from Andersen Air Force Base Saturday afternoon. That aircraft landed in Hawaii after it departed Andersen.