A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/961329
For General Aviation, the very rough estimate of avionics installation capacity nationwi de is 50,000 aircraft per year. The rough estimate of all NAS aircraft that need to equip is 160,000. The actual number that need to equip could be much lower depending on the number of users that remain outside of ADS - B Rule airspace (whe re a transponder is required). Users that wait too close to 2020 may find that the capacity for installation falls short of demand. The militar y has already indicated they will be una ble to meet the 2020 deadline. Several of their older airframes simply cannot accommodate the new avionics. The military does expect to equip newer fighters and all of their larger aircraft. To deal with the exceptio n, the Agency is working on agreements with DOD to ensure identified radar sources remain in place. ADS - B IOCs have been completed at all Enroute (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. All ERAM sites have promoted ADS - B to the top of their sort cells. Three of fou r MEARTS facilities are operating on Fusion with ZSU next to transition. 120 of 155 Terminal sites have reached their ADS - B IOC, an d 116 are operating on Fusion. The majority of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgrade to the ELI TE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion tran sition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) and Fusion Operations. The most recent and upcoming Terminal events: M arch 14: Madison (MSN) Fusion OSD March 14: Waco (ACT) ADS - B Flight Inspection March 27: Toledo (TOL) Fusion OSD April 3: Waco (ATCT) ADS - B IOC April 3: Waco (ACT) Fusion OSD April 4: Youngstown (YNG) ADS - B Flight Inspection April 10: Southern Califor nia WAM Phase 2 Flight Inspection April 11: Casper (CPR) ADS - B Flight Inspection April 12: Toledo (TOL) Fusion Transition April 18: Falmouth - Otis AFB (K90/A90) ADS - B k/o April 19: Waco (ACT) Fusion Transition April 24: Great Falls (GTF) ADS - B Flight I nspection April 24: Youngstown (YNG) ADS - B IOC May 2: Asheville (AVL) Flight Inspection May 2: Youngstown (YNG) Fusion OSD 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 aircraft reports include this information, and automation systems comp are it to the filed call sign. When a mismatch occurs a Call Sign Mismatch (CSMM) alert can be generated. The issue has been h ighlighted in Equip 2020 meetings since ADS - B dependent applications (CAVS, Advanced Interval Management, etc.) are dependent on this functionality. Monthly track ing continues to trend upward. The SBS Article 114 work group has recommended disabling CSM M alerts across all automation platforms.