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AOPA Checklist: Washington, DC ADIZ Ops

AOPA has issued this checklist as a cockpit tool, suggesting you print it out, laminate it and put it with your other checklists. It's the new reality... by the numbers.

VFR ADIZ Ops

On the ground:

  • Contact ATC via clearance delivery or landline and obtain a transponder code
  • Transponder ON squawking code

In the air:

  • Monitor CTAF (NO ATC COMMUNICATION REQUIRED)
  • Do NOT leave the airport vicinity without ATC approval and radio contact
VFR flights from airports within the ADIZ

(XC, practice area outside ADIZ)

On the ground:

  • Contact ATC via clearance delivery or landline and obtain a transponder code
  • Transponder ON squawking code

Before becoming airborne:

  • Establish two way communications with ATC prior to departing

After becoming airborne:

  • Maintain two-way communications with ATC while operating within the ADIZ.
  • Follow ATC instructions until outside the ADIZ boundary

VFR flights desiring entry into the ADIZ area

Before penetrating the ADIZ:

  • Contact ATC and obtain transponder code

While operating within the ADIZ:

  • Maintain two-way communications with ATC while operating within the ADIZ
  • Maintain your discrete code until you have landed or are outside the ADIZ boundary
  • Before entering Class B/D airspace:
  • Pick up a separate clearance to enter Class B airspace, or establish two-way
IFR operations within the ADIZ

On the ground:

  • Contact ATC via clearance delivery or landline and obtain a transponder code
  • Transponder ON squawking code

Before becoming airborne:

  • Establish two way communications with ATC prior to departing

After becoming airborne:

  • Maintain two-way communications with ATC while operating within the ADIZ
  • Must have transponder code and be in two-way communications with ATC prior to departure
FMI: www.aopa.org

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