Regulations and Government
NBAA Urges Further FAA Collaboration on 5G Interference for GA Operators
Despite progress for airlines, GA is still facing 5G-rollout-related challenges, and NBAA head Ed Bolen believes the FAA needs to provide more help.

Despite progress the FAA has made with enabling commercial carriers to operate in an environment with 5G cellular interference, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said the rollout has created “significant challenges and uncertainty” for general aviation operations, including continued prohibitions from low-visibility approaches in 5G deployment areas.

Bolen expressed those concerns in a statement provided for Thursday’s House aviation subcommittee hearing on the 5G deployment. “The FAA is to be commended for its work to approve Alternative Methods of Compliance [AMOCs] that allow most commercial air carrier aircraft to operate safely at airports where there is potential for 5G interference,” Bolen said. “However, the FAA has only issued limited mitigations for business aircraft and helicopters to date.”

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