[JYO] FAA, security officials approve test of AOPA-proposed ADIZ relief

FAA, security officials approve test of AOPA-proposed ADIZ relief
 
Oct. 6 — The FAA, Transportation Security Administration, and other security 
officials have decided to go ahead with a plan to relieve airports near the 
fringe of the Baltimore-Washington Air Defense Identification Zone. The plan is 
the result of an AOPA proposal submitted last March and repeated meetings by 
AOPA President Phil Boyer and members of AOPA's Government and Technical 
Affairs staff with the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 
Administration, and White House Homeland Security Council.
The 60-day test, set to begin November 1, 2003, establishes ingress-egress 
procedures to two busy airports on Maryland's Eastern shore and egress-only 
procedures for another dozen.
"AOPA still believes that the ADIZ has outlived its intent and would prefer 
to see it lifted entirely," said Boyer. "But until that happens, this should 
make operations at the edges of the ADIZ a little less complicated."
The test procedures will allow aircraft operating into and out of Bay Bridge 
Airport (W29) and Kentmorr Airport (3W3) to fly directly to or from the 
airport without contacting air traffic control or receiving a discrete 
transponder 
code. The ingress-egress corridor will extend from 3 nm north of the Bay Bridge 
(Md. Rte. 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 Class B shelves.
The test 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. Aircraft operating from those 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.
Pilots flying to any of those 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).
Any deviation by pilots from established procedures will trigger a military 
response.
"This is a very small step forward, but it's one of the first real breaks 
general aviation has gotten in the ADIZ area," said Boyer. "It's crucial that 
pilots follow the rules exactly so we can prove to doubting security officials 
that GA pilots are trustworthy."

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