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Juneau equips ground vehicles with ADS-B to reduce incursions

While most ADS-B installations will be in aircraft, system proponents see the technology being applied in other ways.

By John Sheridan

July 24, 2007

While most ADS-B installations will be in aircraft, system proponents see the technology being applied in other ways. At Juneau, Alaska, FAA Capstone officials and airport personnel have launched a project that places the airborne equipment in airport vehicles. This has two benefits. First, in low visibility it alerts pilots of approaching ADS-B-equipped aircraft of the whereabouts of vehicles and, especially, their proximity to the runway. Second, and conversely, it allows vehicle operators to see landing and taxiing aircraft under the same conditions.

At Juneau, ADS-B systems have been installed in 15 vehicles. Five carry the conventional avionics package fitted in early Capstone aircraft, with a Garmin MX-20 multifunction moving-map display in the driver’s cab. Another five have the same avionics, but with a custom-built Trios moving-map display in their cabs. The last five carry basic ADS-B transceivers with no displays.

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