Avionics
FAA Eases Preflight Rules for Certain ADS-B Avionics
Operators with ADS-B Out receivers with selective availability are no longer required to perform a preflight performance availability prediction check.

Operators with ADS-B Out systems that use selective availability (SA-Aware) receivers are no longer required to perform a preflight performance availability prediction check on the FAA’s service availability prediction tool website before operating on routes in ADS-B-required airspace. The FAA’s new policy statement said that, based on seven years of data, GPS receivers with SA-Aware “consistently provide an equivalent availability to that of radar at 99.9 percent or greater operational availability.”