Airports
FAA Continues To Clear 5G Aircraft Backlog
FAA clears 90% of U.S. commercial fleet to operate normally near 5G C-band service.

The FAA is continuing to update which aircraft and airports are susceptible to 5G C-band interference as it works to clear large blocs of commercial aircraft models for operations at and around locations with these wireless transmitters and allows wireless carriers to operate them at full power. Earlier today, the agency announced that the wireless carriers had provided “more precise data about the exact location of wireless transmitters and supported more thorough analysis of how 5G C-band signals interact with sensitive aircraft instruments.” This enabled the FAA to use this data to “determine that it is possible to safely and more precisely map the size and shape of the areas around airports where 5G signals are mitigated, shrinking the areas where wireless operators are deferring their antenna activations.”