Australia ADS-B requirements: 2017 onwards

Last year Australia switched off most of its navaids, meaning that RNP became a requirement.

This year, they’re asking all aircraft flying in Australian airspace to be ADS-B equipped after February 2nd, 2017. ADS-B means that controllers can use your uplinked GPS position, instead of mammoth SSR Radar Units all over the country.

There are two exemptions:

• Small Australian-registered GA aircraft
• Foreign-registered aircraft with the restriction that you must fly below FL290 in continental airspace, and stick “RMK/NIL ADSB AUTH” into Field 18 of the Flight Plan.

You don’t need to apply for special authorisation, just show up.

References:

• Air Services Australia (ATC) mandate list
• Australian CAA (CASA) ADS-B information
• CASA Authorisation summary

More on the topic:

• More: TIBA in Australia: What’s Going On?
• More: Airport Fire Fighter Strike in Australia
• More: US FAA: Swift Move to Improve Flight Tracking Privacy
• More: Canada Mandates ADS-B in Class A Airspace
• More: ADS-B Mandates in 2023

More reading:

• Latest: Saudi Arabia Overflights – Free Route Gotcha
• Latest: International Ops Bulletin
• Latest: Outsmarting the GPS spoofers: A clever app
• Safe Airspace: Risk Database
• Weekly Ops Bulletin: Subscribe
• Membership plans: Why join OPSGROUP?