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of compliance to EASA AMC 20-24. Aircraft models that do
not have the EASA AMC 20-24 compliance statement are not
eligible to receive ADS-B services from NAV CANADA or from
air navigation service providers in areas of Europe and the
Atlantic Ocean. EASA AMC 20-24 is recognized as the standard
for ADS-B performance in non-radar areas. It establishes the
interoperability requirements that permit air traffic services to
be provided.
Mexico and the Bahamas don't provide any information on ADS-B
equipage. Europe has a mandate that applies to aircraft weighing
more than 12,500 pounds or have a maximum cruise speed of more
than 250 knots. The mandate was recently postponed to 2020.
Australia has a usage mandate for IFR flight. This mandate is
quite different from the U.S., which does not distinguish IFR/VFR
but specifies airspace where all aircraft must be equipped. From the
airservicesaustralia.com website:
A new era in air traffic surveillance became reality on 12
December 2013 with the first fitment mandate for ADS-B technology coming into effect for all instrument flight rule aircraft
flying at or above 29,000 feet in Australia's airspace.
On 16 August 2012, the director of aviation safety, CASA
made instruments for a phased requirement for all IFR aircraft
to be equipped for ADS-B by 2 February 2017. This applies to
all Australian aircraft and will enhance Airservices capability
to provide safe and efficient air traffic management services.
2014 - IFR forward-fit: Any aircraft that is first registered on
or after 6 February 2014 and is operated under the IFR must
carry serviceable ADS-B transmitting equipment that complies
with the CASA Civil Aviation Order 20.18 and Civil Aviation
Order 20.18 Amendment Instrument 2012 (No. 1).
2016 - IFR for Western Australia: On and after 4 February
2016, an aircraft that is operated under the IFR in airspace
that is Class A, B, C or E and within the arc of a circle that
starts 500 nautical miles true north from Perth aerodrome and
finishes 500 nautical miles true east from Perth Airport must
carry serviceable ADS-B transmitting equipment that complies
with Civil Aviation Order 20.18 and Civil Aviation Order 20.18
Amendment Instrument 2012 (No. 1).
In my opinion, a piston N registered aircraft that plans to operate in
the Americas and does not have an operational need to ﬂy at and above
18,000 MSL, international ﬂight into Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas
and Caribbean, Central and South America does not justify choosing
1090 ES over UAT. Other factors, such as cost and system beneﬁts far
outweigh any international usage argument, which is illusory at best.
Avionics shop owners and managers with questions about the issues
noted in this column may email me via johncollins@carolina.rr.com. 

Aerospace Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Aircraft Electronics Association. . . . 23, 39
Aviation Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
AVweb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
BendixKing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cal Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dallas Avionics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC
Device Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
EDMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC
Flight Display Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Flying Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
FreeFlight Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Garmin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Georgetown Instrument Services . . . . . 38
GlobalParts.aero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Gogo Business Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Gulf Coast Avionics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics. . . 1
Pacific Southwest Instruments . . . . . . IBC
ProCal Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sun Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tech-Aid Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tri-Star Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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