Tue, Apr 08, 2003
EAA, Others Ask 1234 Become ADIZ SOP
FAA officials say this past weekend's test of a single
transponder code for flight training operations within the New York
City Aviation Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) was
successful.
During a Monday teleconference with AOPA, EAA and
several other general aviation organizations, FAA officials said
the test, which took place at seven towered airports within the
ADIZ on Saturday and Sunday, mandated aircraft performing
closed-traffic flight training operations use a standard
transponder code of 1-2-3-4 for positive aircraft identification.
Weather prevented many flights on Saturday, so the majority of the
846 aircraft touch-and-goes performed during the test period
occurred on Sunday.
FAA officials said that between other general aviation VFR
flights not covered by the test and the normal IFR traffic, the New
York area Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) ran out of
assignable transponder codes for flight operations by mid-day
Sunday. The FAA estimates that without the single transponder codes
for closed traffic flight training operations during the test
period, the supply of codes would have been exhausted by about 8
a.m.
Now What?
Because of the test's success, FAA wants to test the procedure
at the six to eight non-towered airports that have the largest
flight training traffic counts within the New York ADIZ. EAA urges
the FAA, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the
U.S. Customs to approve this new test.
The EAA also asked these same agencies to make single
transponder codes a permanent part of normal closed traffic pattern
operations at towered airports as spelled out in FDC NOTAMS for
flight training within ADIZ areas. The success of this test proves
that flight-training activities are not a risk to national security
and can be safely performed within reasonable rules and
procedures.
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