ADS-B Surveillance Systems
When flying through the lateral and vertical boundaries of Class C or B airspace, what additional equipment is your aircraft required to have installed, if any?
ADS-B Out equipment.
Which of the following avionics equipment is required to be installed in your airplane to fly in class A airspace?
ADS-B Out equipment. > Unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft in Class A airspace unless the aircraft has an Extended Squitter Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Traffic Information Service Broadcast (TIS-B) Equipment Operating on the Radio Frequency of 1090 Megahertz (MHz).
You are performing a test flight in the vicinity of Onawa airport at 11,000' MSL. What additional equipment does the aircraft need to have installed?
ADS-B Out. > Per 91.225, unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft unless the aircraft has ADS-B Out equipment installed in Class E airspace within the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia at and above 10,000 feet MSL, excluding the airspace at and below 2,500 feet above the surface.
You are flying from Gnoss Field Airport (DVO) to the private airport of San Rafael at 3,500' to meet your friend. What additional equipment does your aircraft need, if any?
ADS-B Out. > Per 91.225, you are required to have ADS-B out equipment to operate from the surface to 10,000' MSL within the 30 NM of a class B airspace. This is commonly referred to as the Mode C veil.
You have a flight planned from Currituck Co. airport to Norfolk International airport. What additional equipment is your airplane required to have, if any?
ADS-B Out. >Per 91.225, unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft in Class B or Class C airspace areas unless the aircraft has ADS-B Out equipment installed.
ADS-B Out equipment is required when flying:
In Class E airspace at and above 3,000' MSL over the Gulf of Mexico from the U.S. coastline out to 12 NM. > ADS-B Out is required for flights within Class E airspace at and above 3,000' feet MSL over the Gulf of Mexico from the Coastline of the United States out to 12 NM>
You have a flight planned from Auburn airport to Sacrament Mather airport at 4,500' MSL. What additional avionics equipment must your aircraft have installed.
None. > ADS-B Out is only required for flights within the designated lateral and vertical boundaries up to 10,000' MSL of Class B, and C airspace, and Class E airspace above 10,000 MSL (excluding at or below 2,500' AGL) within the contiguous United States.
Your planned flight overflies the Class C Sacramento International airport (SMF) from west to east at a cruising altitude of 9,500' MSL. Does the flight require ADS-B out equipment?
Yes, the flight required ADS-B out equipment. >Unless otherwise authorized by ATC, no person may operate an aircraft above the ceiling of a Class C airspace area designated for an airport upward to 10,000 feet MSL unless the aircraft has ADS-B out equipment installed.
You depart from Wood Co. Airport and head northbound. You level off at 1,600' MSL under the Toledo Class C airspace to circle your house. The ADS-B system on your airplane was marked inoperative in the maintenance log. Is this flight legal?
Yes-ADS-B Out is not required for this operation. >Flight below the floor of Class C airspace is permitted without ADS-B Out equipment installed.
You are flying along the coastline at 7,000' under the 9,000' MSL Class B shelf southeast bound. Are you required to have an ADS-B Out system?
Yes. >ADS-B Out is required for operations within 30 NM of a Class B airport from the surface upward to 10,000 MSL. This is commonly known as the Mode C Veil.
