[JYO] FAA ELIMINATES FLIGHT PLAN REQUIREMENT FOR WASHINGTON ADIZ
- From: FlyboyEd@xxxxxxx
- To: jyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:57:29 EST
==> ATTENTION PILOTS <==
FAA ELIMINATES FLIGHT PLAN REQUIREMENT FOR WASHINGTON ADIZ
AOPA is sending you this message to advise you that the Washington Air
Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), which covers a 30-nm radius around the
nation's capital, will remain in place despite the national terrorist threat
level being reduced. However, a new notam issued late this afternoon relaxes
some of the requirements for operations within the ADIZ. AOPA has been
lobbying security officials to rescind the operationally burdensome
restrictions since the threat level was lowered from "orange" to "yellow" on
February 27.
Effective at 6 a.m. local time tomorrow (March 6), pilots will no longer be
required to file or activate a flight plan when conducting operations within
the ADIZ, but must continue to establish two-way communication with ATC and
obtain a discrete transponder code prior to penetrating the ADIZ. In
addition, pilots operating out of the DC-3 airports (College Park Airport,
Potomac Airfield, and Washington Executive/Hyde Field) will no longer have to
undergo security inspections prior to departure or use the gateway airport
upon re-entry to the ADIZ.
"Assuming there is a national security reason to maintain the Washington
ADIZ, the requirements must be operationally transparent to pilots," said
AOPA President Phil Boyer. "In order to make this happen, AOPA members must
report any operational difficulties." As AOPA has done in the past, the
association will continue to gather input on procedural problems. Please send
information about such problems to AOPA at ( mailto:WashingtonADIZ@xxxxxxxx
).
AOPA advises pilots to contact flight service for the latest information
prior to conducting flights near ADIZ airspace.
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