[JYO] FAA, SECURITY OFFICIALS ADOPT AOPA-PROPOSED ADIZ RELIEF PLAN

A special notice to AOPA members in the Washington, D.C., area


==> ATTENTION PILOTS <==

FAA, SECURITY OFFICIALS ADOPT AOPA-PROPOSED ADIZ RELIEF PLAN
Effective tomorrow, the FAA, Transportation Security Administration
(TSA), and other security officials have implemented permanent
procedures to make operations easier for airports near the fringe of
the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Air Defense Identification
Zone (ADIZ). The modest change in ADIZ procedures grew out of AOPA's
proposal last March and follows a review of a truncated 45-day test,
which established ingress/egress procedures to two busy airports on
Maryland's Eastern Shore. It also established egress-only procedures
for another dozen airports. See the notam
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#4/0539 ).

"These small changes are a promising step toward making the ADIZ more
operationally workable--the first of what we hope will be many similar
steps," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "The U.S. Department of
Transportation is required by the FAA Reauthorization bill to report
back to Congress on the continued need for the ADIZ and steps taken
to improve operations within it. AOPA believes the ADIZ has outlived
its usefulness and hopes it will be rescinded. But until that happens,
the new procedures should make operations at the edges of the ADIZ a
little less complicated."

The procedures allow aircraft to fly directly to or from Bay Bridge
Airport (W29) and Kentmorr Airport (3W3) without filing a flight plan
or contacting air traffic control. But aircraft operating to or from Bay
Bridge need to squawk 1227 and aircraft operating to or from Kentmorr
need to squawk 1233. The ingress/egress corridor extends from 3 nm north
of the Bay Bridge (Maryland Route 50) to 5 nm south of the bridge, and
from the edge of the ADIZ in the east to a point no farther west than
the westernmost point of the Bay Bridge. Aircraft operating to or from
Kentmorr may fly no farther west than a line drawn from the westernmost
point of the Bay Bridge to Kent Fort Manor Airport. Aircraft flying to
or from either airport are expected to take the most direct route and
remain below the existing 3,500-foot and 4,500-foot Class B shelves.

The procedures also allow aircraft to DEPART the following airports
without first filing an ADIZ flight plan: Airlie, Albrecht, Harris,
Martin, Martin State, Meadows, Mylander, Stewart, St. John, Tilghman
Whipp, Upperville, and Wolf. Pilots operating from these airports must
squawk 1205 to broadcast their intention to depart the ADIZ. Once
they've left the traffic pattern, pilots will be required to monitor
the appropriate frequency for Potomac Consolidated Tracon, but do not
need to communicate with Potomac unless requested to do so by ATC.
They will be expected to exit the ADIZ by the most direct route.

Pilots flying TO any of the dozen airports or transiting the ADIZ
area are still required to follow existing ADIZ procedures (be on an
active IFR or VFR flight plan, maintain two-way communication with
ATC, and squawk an ATC-assigned discrete transponder code). While the
FAA and security officials consider the new procedures permanent, they
caution that the procedures are subject to review and could be
rescinded if there are too many violations. AOPA has developed an
online tutorial ( http://www.aopa.org/adiz/ ) to help pilots
familiarize themselves with the procedures.

"This is another small step forward in the ADIZ area," said Boyer.
"It's crucial that pilots continue to follow the rules exactly so we
can prove to doubting security officials that they were right to
trust us."


==> HELPFUL WEB LINKS <==

AOPA's Real-Time Flight Planner provides up-to-the-minute graphical
depictions of TFRs ( http://www.aopa.org/flight_planner/ ).
Check the FAA's TFR Web site ( http://tfr.faa.gov ).

Download the AOPA Air Safety Foundation's intercept procedures card
( http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2003/intercept.pdf )or review ASF's
"Know Before You Go" program ( http://www.aopa.org/asf/know_before/ ).
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