PILOT'S GUIDE ADS-B AIRSPACE Is your general aviation airport inside or near it? STORY BY DAVID HUGHES, FAA NEXTGEN REPORTING AND S OUTREACH ome general aviation aircraft owners may not recognize the consequences of waiting to install Automatic Dependent Surveillance- Broadcast Out until they discover in 2020 that they cannot easily fly out of their home airport. Many general aviation airports are located in or near airspace that requires ADS-B equipage. Without ADS-B Out onboard, pilots will need to seek exceptions from air traffic controllers to depart from their home airport, which might not be granted or could lead to delays. In 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration published a rule mandating the use of ADS-B Out - a basic level of aircraft equipage that transmits position data once per second - by Jan. 1, 2020, in most airspace where a transponder is required today. ADS-B Out is - 38 -