§47143 Non-movement Area Surveillance Surface Display Systems Pilot Program

Summary

The FAA can run a pilot to help non-Federal groups buy and install sensors and display systems that watch parts of an airport not controlled by air traffic control. The FAA must find the systems would improve safety or capacity and that they add to, not replace, the FAA’s existing movement-area systems at chosen airports. The FAA can give project grants from funds under section 47114(c)(1) or (c)(2) to up to 5 eligible sponsors. Participating airports must already have FAA movement-area systems and airlines in the FAA’s airport collaborative decision-making process. The FAA may set up data exchanges to merge the new data with its movement-area systems. The pilot ends October 1, 2028. Non-movement area — the part of an airfield not controlled by air traffic control. Non-movement-area surveillance systems and sensors — non-Federal, on-airport sensors that track transponder-equipped vehicles or aircraft in those areas. Qualifying systems — airport-operated, on-airport systems that use the required send/receive data formats that fit the National Airspace System at the correct service point.