2022-09936

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 91 • [Docket No. FAA-2022-0619] AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Policy statement. SUMMARY: This action announces revisions to the FAA's policy on performance requirements for aircraft with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment using the Selective Availability (SA)-Aware receivers in ADS-B rule airspace. The FAA will no longer expect aircraft with this equipment to perform a preflight availability prediction before operating in ADS-B rule airspace. DATES: The policy described herein is effective May 10, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information concerning this action, contact James Marks, Flight Technologies and Procedures Division, Aviation Safety, at (202) 267-8790. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for This Action The FAA's authority to issue rules on aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.). Subtitle I, Section 106, describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's authority. The ADS-B Out equipage and performance requirements in §§ 91.225 (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment and use) and 91.227 (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment performance requirements) of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) were promulgated under the authority described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103 (Sovereignty and Use of Airspace) and in Subpart III, Section 44701 (General Requirements). Under Section 40103, the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations on the flight of aircraft (including regulations on safe altitudes) for navigating, protecting, and identifying aircraft and the efficient use of the navigable airspace. Under section 44701, the FAA is charged with promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary for safety in air commerce. In § 91.227, the FAA set forth the ADS-B Out equipment performance requirements including accuracy and integrity performance standards. This policy statement is within the scope of the FAA's authority and informs operators equipped with Selective Availability (SA)-Aware receivers about a change to the FAA policy requiring they perform preflight availability predictions to ensure their avionics broadcast elements required by § 91.227 as part of their § 91.103 (Preflight Action) obligations. I. Background In 2010, the FAA issued a final rule prescribing equipage requirements and performance standards for ADS-B Out avionics on aircraft operating in certain airspace after January 1, 2020.[1] ADS-B Out is an advanced surveillance technology that combines an aircraft's position source, other aircraft avionics, and a ground receiver infrastructure to create an accurate and shared surveillance picture between aircraft and air traffic control (ATC). ADS-B Out provides air traffic controllers with real-time position information that is, in most cases, more accurate than the information available with current radar-based systems. With more accurate information, ATC will be able to position and separate aircraft with improved precision and timing so that efficiency and capacity will increase beyond current levels to meet the…

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