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The University of North Dakota's flight supervisory desk uses software created by its computer science program to display all local traffic. situational awareness," said Tony Monetti, UCM's assisPrescott, Arizona, campus, which is located in high-desert tant dean of aviation and executive director of the Max B . mountainous terrain where radar is not as effective as in Swisher Skyhaven Airport . other terrain . The university then set about equipping its fleet with ADS-B in 2003 . 2. Better situational awareness, To demonstrate the need for efficiency and management ADS-B to ensure adequate separaIncreased situational awareness tion, Byrnes explained the concenMOST FLIGHT TRAINING through ADS-B provides flight training trated traffic area of the Daytona ORGANIZATIONS WITH organizations with increased efficiency Beach campus . "This airspace is EXPERIENCE WITH and training management . It allows essentially a box," Byrnes said . ADS-B IN ARE STAUNCH instructors and students to choose less "We have restricted airspace with ADVOCATES OF congested airspace to practice maneuKennedy Space Center and Class vers and even make the best plan to B airspace to the south and a very practice approaches . active restricted area to the west "We can see the conga line going into over Ocala National Forest . There a particular airport and make a plan to is no east - we can't conduct flight most efficiently practice approaches," training over the water ." Roesler said . Meanwhile, the Daytona Beach UND's flight supervisory desk uses software created by campus conducts 200 to 250 flights a day in 70 aircraft the university's computer science program to display all equipped with ADS-B . Byrnes believes without ADS-B, the local traffic . Overdue aircraft are more easily tracked and university would have experienced another midair collision identified, making calls to FBOs and air traffic entities a in the last 13 years, and ERAU's ADS-B data supports that thing of the past . assertion . ERAU has experienced similar increases in efficiency The University of Central Missouri also has a few aircraft and management, particularly in regards to traffic manageequipped for ADS-B and has a phased plan to retrofit the rest of the fleet before the Jan . 1, 2020, mandate . Continued on following page... "The main benefit of ADS-B is increased safety through BOTH ADS-B OUT AND ADS-B IN. - 43 -