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DOT: ADS-B Falling Well Short of Promises
The FAA's progress on ADS-B implementation isn't going nearly as well as the agency would like us all to believe, according to a scathing report released yesterday by the Department of Transportation's Inspector General. Despite completing installations of 634 ADS-B ground towers "on time and on budget," the DOT report says the FAA has identified service coverage gaps that will require erecting 200 more towers at an additional cost of $258 million. (www.flyingmag.com) 更多...
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After the experience of going to Elogs and roadside inspections in the trucking industry several years ago, while retired from flying awhile, that was a case of truck lines getting ready but the Feds weren't. The could not even settle on what type portable device to use to hook up to the onboard computer. Most field guys would just write up some dummy citation on the truck line and we would have to defend it later in court. You really can't blame the Airlines for not wanting to make the investment. Some have for what is there now but the hardware on that is apt to change 2-3 times before implementation.
I am a user of flightaware.com However there are other "Flight Trackers". Re this ADS-B issue look into Flightradar24.com - open it - in the upper right "Jump To Area" open Europe.
It is awash in Yellow ADS-B enabled aircraft. Then in the "Jump To Area" select Ocaiania again awash in yellow unlike the US or Canada where I'm typing from. Your thoughts and comments ? - BTW - flightaware.com is my #1 go to site. It provides info that Flightradar doesn't. That said I appreciate what they both do.
It is awash in Yellow ADS-B enabled aircraft. Then in the "Jump To Area" select Ocaiania again awash in yellow unlike the US or Canada where I'm typing from. Your thoughts and comments ? - BTW - flightaware.com is my #1 go to site. It provides info that Flightradar doesn't. That said I appreciate what they both do.
I'm one of the stations for that service (KNYG). There's three reasons for what you're observing:
First, ADS-B has been a requirement outside of North America for years now, but is only recently being required here.
Second, flightradar24.com colors the targets according to the source of the data, bright yellow for ADS-B (from any source, with the first letter of the station ID telling you the type of station, "T" for ATC and "K" for a private reciever for example) and uses dark yellow only for FAA data (which has a 5 minute delay). FAA does not have data on aircraft outside of North America, so you won't see any dark yellow outside of that region. When the only data you have is ADS-B, then of course it's going to look as you describe. :)
Third, as more ADS-B stations are added to North America (flightradar24 is putting up their own stations where there are gaps but can't simply blanket the country since they are expensive and need someone to host them) you'll see more ADS-B target indications until, at some future point, they drop the FAA data stream altogether and get rid of that 5 minute lag.
First, ADS-B has been a requirement outside of North America for years now, but is only recently being required here.
Second, flightradar24.com colors the targets according to the source of the data, bright yellow for ADS-B (from any source, with the first letter of the station ID telling you the type of station, "T" for ATC and "K" for a private reciever for example) and uses dark yellow only for FAA data (which has a 5 minute delay). FAA does not have data on aircraft outside of North America, so you won't see any dark yellow outside of that region. When the only data you have is ADS-B, then of course it's going to look as you describe. :)
Third, as more ADS-B stations are added to North America (flightradar24 is putting up their own stations where there are gaps but can't simply blanket the country since they are expensive and need someone to host them) you'll see more ADS-B target indications until, at some future point, they drop the FAA data stream altogether and get rid of that 5 minute lag.
I really should refrain from typing under the influence of cold s medication. My station is F-KNYG1 and it's the F designation that marks it as one of theirs.
I was told awhile back that FlightAware was putting out some ADS-B receivers at selected points around the country. Don't know any of the details.
I have an ADS-B receiver at the house, used to feed "another site" (they own the equipment) and I have noticed that the airlines do seem to be implementing it, it's the Feds who are falling behind.
