AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2018 - 88

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CESSNA 177, 182, 210, 310/320, 335, & 340/340A
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ADS-B

May 27, 2010; FAR 91.225 establishes
the airspace where ADS-B Out will be
required, and FAR 91.227 specifies equipment performance requirements.
It's important to note that the ADS-B
ground station network-currently a total
of 666 radio stations-has been up and
running for several years. (If the infrastructure was not ready, the delay question
likely would have another answer.)
Do I have to equip? Not necessarily. If
you don't fly in ADS-B rule airspace (at or
above 10,000 feet msl, unless you're also
within 2,500 feet of ground level; within
or above the 30-nautical-mile Mode C veil
around a Class B airport; within or above
Class C airspace-in other words, where
an altitude-encoding transponder is
required today-or at and above 3,000 feet
msl above the Gulf of Mexico, from the
U.S. coastline outward 12 nautical miles),
you do not need to equip. Also, aircraft
not originally certificated with an electrical system, or not subsequently certified
with such a system installed-including
balloons and gliders-are exempt.
AOPA does anticipate that the FAA
will establish a waiver or exemption system so that nonequipped aircraft can enter
ADS-B rule airspace, say for maintenance.
However, we expect the process to be
inconvenient enough that it will not be a
viable alternative to meeting the mandate.
Is ADS-B In required? No. ADS-B In
provides in-cockpit traffic and weather
information to increase pilot situational
awareness, but there is no requirement
that it be used. Many pilots use this service with portable ADS-B receivers, even
when their aircraft is not equipped with
ADS-B Out (although the ADS-B In traffic picture will not be complete without
ADS-B Out).
Pilots can choose to use subscriptionfree ADS-B In services, satellite-based
Sirius XM WX Aviation Weather (for
weather only), neither, or both.
Can I use a portable for ADS-B
Out? No. Your Dual, Garmin, iLevil,
Stratus, or Stratux portable does not provide ADS-B Out, and does not meet the
mandate. Although the rules do not specifically prohibit a portable ADS-B Out
solution, none has been certified.
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