A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/905671
GA equipage is a harder question and being carried as a High r isk by the SBS Progr am Office. Increa sed avionics availability and competition among manufacturers has brought the cost fo r GA users down significantly. The Agency did complete another rebate program on September 19, but interes t was not as high as expected. Users have approximately five mo nths to complete their installations afterward. Facilities may see GA ADS - B operators flying more check flights as they attempt to validate their installations and claim the rebate. The SBS PO very rough estimate of avionics installation capacity nationw id e is 50,000 aircraft per year. The rough estimate of all NAS aircraft that need to equip is 160,000. The actual number that needs to equip could be much lower depending on the number of users that remain outside of ADS - B Rule airspace (where a transpon der is required). Users that wait too close to 2020 may find that the capacity for insta llation falls short of demand. ADS - B IOCs have been completed at all En route (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. All ERAM sites have promoted ADS - B to the top of their s ort cells. 108 of 155 Terminal sites have reached their ADS - B IOC, an d 103 are operating on Fusion. The majority of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgra de to the ELITE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion transition proce eds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstratio n (OSD) and Fusion Operations. The most recen t and upcoming Terminal events: Mobile (MOB) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10/18 Duluth (DLH) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10/18 Baton Rouge (BTR) Fusion Operational 10/19 Sioux City (SUX) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10/31 Madison (MSN) ADS - B/Fusion Kickoff 10/31 Toledo (TOL) ADS - B/Fusion Kickoff 11/2 Bangor (BGR) ADS - B IOC 11/6 Moline (MLI) ADS - B IOC 11/7 Mol ine (MOL) Fusion OSD 11/7 Moline (MLI) Fusion Operational 11/8 Waco (ACT) ADS - B/Fusion Kickoff 11/13 Abilene (ABI) ADS - B Flight Inspection 11/15 Mobile (MOB) ADS - B IOC 11/15 Mobile (MOB) Fusion OSD 11/15 Bangor (BGR) Fusion OSD 11/20 Longview (GGG) ADS - B Flight Inspection 11/29 Fayetteville (FAY) ADS - B Flight Inspection (WX reschedule) 11/28 Casper (CPR) ADS - B/Fusion Kickoff 11/29 Youngstown (YNG) ADS - B/Fusion Kickoff 11/30 Sioux City (SUX) ADS - B IOC 12/1 Moses Lake (MWH) ADS - B Flight Inspection 12/6 Bang or (BGR) Fusion Operational 12/5 Mobile (MOB) Fusion Operational 12/5 ADS - B Avionics Issues: 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 air craft reports include this information, and automation systems compare to the filed call sign. When a mismatch occurs a Call Sign Mismatch (CSMM) alert can be generated. The issue has been highlighted in Equip 2020 meetings since ADS - B dependent applicat ions (CAVS, Advanced Interval Management, etc.) are de pendent on this functionality. Monthly track ing continues to trend upward. The SBS Article 114 work group has recommended disabling CSMM alerts ac ross all automation platforms.