§47143 Non-movement area surveillance surface display systems pilot program

Summary

The FAA Administrator can run a pilot program to help non-Federal airports buy and install certain on-airport displays and sensors that watch the parts of the airfield not controlled by air traffic control. The program can only happen if the Administrator finds the systems would make the National Airspace System safer or increase capacity, and if they add to the movement-area systems already at the chosen airports. The FAA may give project grants from funds apportioned under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 47114(c) to no more than 5 eligible sponsors. Selected airports must already have FAA movement-area systems and airlines that join the FAA’s airport collaborative decision-making process. The FAA may also set up data exchanges to share and merge the new data with its existing systems. The program ends on October 1, 2028. Defines: "non-movement area" — the part of the airfield not under air traffic control; "non-movement area surveillance surface display systems and sensors" — on-airport, non-Federal systems that track transponder-equipped vehicles or aircraft in the non-movement area; "qualifying non-movement area surveillance surface display system and sensors" — an on-airport, airport-operated system that uses the required transmit/receive data formats and connects at the right service point.