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FAA Enhancing ADS-B in the Gulf
Three new ADS-B radios in Mexico will enhance surveillance capabilities over the Gulf.

The FAA is moving ahead with a plan to expand the services offered by Houston Center in the Gulf of Mexico by September 2016. As part of the plan, the FAA will install three more ADS-B radios in Mexico to enhance surveillance over the Gulf with a 60- to 80-nm coverage overlap between Houston Flight Information Region and Merida and Monterrey ACC airspace.

The FAA said deploying the additional radios in Mexico “will provide seamless surveillance coverage over Mexican air traffic routes, allowing reduced separation, throughput of about 85 aircraft per hour [up from the current 75 per hour] and more efficient handoffs between U.S. and Mexican airspace.”

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