Notice that we reported above that ADS B-Out is the part mandated by 2020. That\u2019s because that is the core technological piece that replaces radar in the NextGen. How the \u201cIn\u201d component will evolve for airplane operators remains to be seen, as in will it trump other currently available sources of weather, displayed traffic information, and whatever other information is made available.<\/p>\n
You can find out more from AC 90-114 on ADS-B Operations and InFO 13009 on ADS-B authorizations for operations outside U.S. airspace. Click this link<\/a> to access the FAA web page on this subject. Advanced Aircrew Academy offers an ADS-B online training module to support your request for a Letter of Authorization or Ops Spec A353. More information at our ADS-B online module page<\/a>.\u00a0 What many of our readers know by now is that ADS stands for Automatic Dependent Surveillance. The B (Broadcast) form (i.e. ADS-B) is the satellite-based, data-linked system that will replace the current ATC radar-based management of the National Airspace System. What may not be as well-known, however, is that ADS-B is happening in the U.S right now, with over 500 transmission towers already in place across the country. FAA rulings on equipment standards and implementation dates have been in place since 2011, with full implementation of ADS-B Out in the U.S. mandated by 2020. ADS-B Out? This is where it starts to get a little more complicated, but we are going to keep it digestible from the flying pilot point of view.<\/p>\n What are those 500 ADS-B towers sitting around doing? Watch this video to see<\/a>. That\u2019s right, your GPS-derived position and related data transmitted \u201cOut\u201d from your airplane is captured by the ground stations and presented to ATC (in the video, that\u2019s Denver Center). Looks just like a high-quality radar picture, except the data is more precise (GPS vs. radar). Did you know that your airplane was doing this? Do you know which piece of equipment on that panel in front of you is doing this? According to our admittedly informal and for sure non-scientific survey taken from here at Advanced Aircrew Academy Global Headquarters, for at least some of us, the answer to those questions is no.<\/p>\n So if that is you, Mr. or Ms. Jet Jockey, you may want to find out. Fear not, however, if that ADS-B Out gizmo lays down on the job. Ground-based radar via your trusty transponder is the back-up.<\/p>\n The other thing those towers are doing is transmitting weather (FIS-B) and traffic information (TIS-B), and they require no paid subscription service. With FIS-B, you are getting basically the same package of weather as with many commercial products, including updating NexRad. That\u2019s ADS-B In and odds are that if you are a turbine operator, you are not using either of these resources as you are getting that data from somewhere else, such as XM Weather and TCAS. If you are getting it, that is often another piece of gear on board as that data comes via a different frequency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[93,94,49,8,10],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-climb-via","tag-descend-via","tag-instrument-approach-procedures","tag-is-bao-training","tag-performance-based-navigation-pbn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aircrewacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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