A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/764040
Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) Rep, Andrew Stachowiak (I90), and Tom Zarick (ZDV), National Interval Management Rep . ADS - B: The SBS PO very rough estimate of avionics installation capacity nationwid e is 50,000 aircraft per year. With the Jan . 1, 2020 , deadline to equip quickly approaching, concern is high that equipage levels will fall short of the estimated total NAS fleet (100,000 - 160,0 00). Users that wait too close to 2020 may find that the availability of ins tallers falls short of demand. The Agency has launched a new incentive $500 rebate program for a limited number of piston single engine aircraft. Facilities may see these GA ADS - B operators flying more as they attempt to validate their installations and claim the rebate. An issue not screened by automation systems but an important assumption for future ADS - B dependent applications is the br oadcast call sign of the user. ADS - B sends this information to automation systems for comp arison to the filed call sign. When a mismatch occurs a Call Sign Mismatch (CSMM) alert can be generated. Data from ZAN showed over 2100 CSMM alerts were generated in just one month (March 201 6 ). This prompte d SBS Article 48 to recommend all MEARTS sites disable CSMM alerts and poll all ERAM sites to ga uge the extent of the problem. In July 201 6 , over 44,000 CSMM conditions w ere present in all ERAM sites! Obviously, a lot of work is needed and fortunately CSM M alerts are disabled in all ERA M, STARS, and ASDE/ASSC sites. MEARTS sites can do the same with Build 16.01 or later. In October 2016, the number grew to over 55,000 CSMM conditions present in ERAM. Obviously the Agency has a long way to correct this issu e. ADS - B IOCs have been completed at all En Route (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. All but one ERAM site has promoted ADS - B t o the top of their sort cells. ZMA intends to wait until the end of FY17 to do so. Eighty - seven (87) of 155 Terminal sites have rea ched their ADS - B IOC a nd 80 are operating on Fusion. The majority of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgrade to the ELITE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion tran sition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight I nspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) and Fusion Operations. NATCA SBS team members Craig Bielek and Andrew Stachowiak have been extremely busy supporting the aggressive SBS schedule. The most recent Terminal events: Hu ntsville (HSV) ADS - B, Fusion kickoff m eeting Nov . 15 Green Bay (GRB) ADS - B IOC Nov . 15 Burlington (BTV) ADS - B Flight Inspection Nov . 15 Sioux Falls (FSD) ADS - B Flight Inspection Nov . 16 Portland, ME. (PWM) ADS - B, Fusion kickoff m eeting Nov . 17 Amarillo (AM A) OSD Nov . 21 - 23 Colorado Springs (COS) ADS - B Flight Inspection, Cadre Nov . 29, 30 Fort Smith (FSM) ADS - B Flight Inspection Dec . 6 Charleston, WV. (CRW) ADS - B, Fusion kickoff m eeting Dec . 6 Myrtle Beach (MYR) OSD Dec . 7, 8