A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/977826
prior to the Jan. 1, 2020 deadl ine to equip. So far, the Agency has been clear that the deadline is firm. Most, if not all, a ir c arriers have provided the Agency with a plan to meet the deadline. H owever, the means to achieve those plans in the short amount of time remaining is becoming a larger question. United Airlines, Rockwell, and the SBS Program Office have partnered to make significant progress in upgrading the United B737 Rockwell avionics fleet with 110 ADS - B installations complete. American, Delta, Alaska, and many other airlines are showing increased fleet ADS - B equipage. For g eneral a viation, the very rough estimate of avionics installation capacity nationwid e is 50,000 aircra ft 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 military 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 exception, 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 s ort cells. Three of 4 MEARTS facilities are operating on Fusion with ZSU next to transition. 120 of 155 Terminal sites have reached their A DS - B IOC, an d 116 are operating on Fusion. The majority of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgrad e to the ELITE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion transition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection , ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstratio n (OSD) and Fusion Operations. The most recent and upcoming Terminal events: Madison (MSN) Fusion OSD 3/14 Waco (ACT) ADS - B Flight Inspection 3/14 Toledo (TOL) Fusion OSD 3/27 Waco (ATCT) ADS - B IOC 4/3 Waco (ACT) Fusion OSD 4/3 Youngstown (YNG) ADS - B Flight Inspection 4/4 Southern California WAM Phase 2 Flight Inspection 4/10 Casper (CPR) ADS - B Flight Inspection 4/11 Toledo (TOL) Fusion Transition 4/12 Falmouth - Otis AFB (K90/A90) ADS - B k/o 4/18 W aco (ACT) Fusion Transition 4/19 Great Falls (GTF) ADS - B Flight Inspection 4/24 Youngstown (YNG) ADS - B IOC 4/24 Asheville (AVL) Flight Inspection 5/2 Youngstown (YNG) Fusion OSD 5/2