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ADS-B News/Updates and
Changes for IFR Clearances at
Non-Tower Airports
ADS-B Preflight Requirement
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will issue a NOTAM that will largely exempt general aviation operators from an ADS­B preflight requirement after the Jan. 1, 2020, deadline. The NOTAM exempts ADS­B Out transmitters that use WAAS GPS receivers as a position source from the preflight requirement and states specifically: “It is not necessary for operators of aircraft equipped with the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) (TSO−C145 or TSO−C146) receivers to conduct a preflight availability prediction.”
ADS-B re: Flight Tracking Opt-Out
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recently communicated that “given the long­standing recognition by government and industry of the need to
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maintain in­flight security, it is working with the FAA and other stakeholders to identify the most effective means to ensure that operators continue to have the ability to opt out from having their flights tracked in real time,” with new ADS­B technology, starting Jan. 1, 2020.
Through the FAA’s working group Equip 2020, the NBAA is working with other general aviation associations to develop an opt­out solution based on providing operators an alternate 24­bit ICAO (Mode S transponder) code.
“Under this solution, operators would retain their permanent transponder code tied to an aircraft’s N­number, but would also be able to use a secondary, nonpublished code, assigned and managed by the FAA, which would not link to the specific aircraft tail number. It is expected that operators could request a new secondary code at least once every 30 days.
by Kim Blonigen
AUGUST 2019
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