time lines based on your circumstances. Te first time line is for aircraft with inop-
erative ADS-B Out equipment: you’ve installed it on your aircraft, but for some reason it’s not working that day. In those situations, for oper- ation “to the airport of ultimate destination, including any intermediate stops, or to proceed to a place where suitable repairs can be made or both, the request may be made at any time.” Te second time line applies to aircraft that
aren’t equipped with ADS-B Out capability. A deviation to operate an unequipped aircraft may be requested but must be made at least one hour “before the proposed operation.” Also, these requests may not be submitted more than 24 hours prior to the proposed flight.
How do I submit a request for deviation?
Te tool established by the FAA that allows you to make deviation requests is the ADS-B Deviation Authorization Pre-Flight Tool (ADAPT). Te tool is Web-based and can be found on the FAA’s website at
faa.gov/nextgen/ equipadsb/adapt. All civil aircraft operators can use ADAPT,
but the design of the tool was based on the projected needs of Part 91 operators. What this means is that the tool can be used by, for
Te information you enter will be used in an initial analysis to determine whether you even need a deviation. If it’s determined that you do, you’ll be directed to the next Web page, where you’ll enter additional details about your intended flight before you submit your request to the FAA for consideration. One important note: you must make sure
the email address you provide is correct. Tat’s critical because the FAA’s official approval of your request will be delivered ONLY to that email address.
What should I expect to hear back from the FAA?
Once you’ve submitted your deviation request, you’ll get one of three responses from the FAA: approved, denied, or pending. For an approved request, you’ll receive an
email that provides the approval, plain and simple. Make sure you keep this correspondence, as it’s the official record of the request and approval. If you receive a denied response, it simply
The FAA has very clearly stated that the ADS-B Deviation Authorization Pre- Flight Tool (ADAPT) wasn’t designed to enable operators to skirt ADS-B Out requirements.
example, a Part 135 operator, but it’s not intended for routine or otherwise scheduled operations. Te FAA has very clearly stated that ADAPT wasn’t designed to enable operators to skirt ADS-B Out requirements.
This all sounds complicated. How does ADAPT work?
It’s really not so bad. When you enter ADAPT, your first step will be to input your flight information in the Flight Information Entry section of the tool. You’ll recognize the section, as it looks very much like the old FAA flight plan we used for years.
means the flight couldn’t be approved as requested. Unfortunately, the FAA won’t be able to specify in the notice exactly why your request was denied. It may be possible to gain approval of the deviation by resubmitting your request using a different flight route, time of flight, and so on, that may be acceptable to the ATC facility with approval authority. In other cir- cumstances, such as an inoperative transponder
with altitude encoding (which should be installed for an ADAPT approval), the system may automatically deny the request every time. Finally, if you receive a pending response,
it’s just letting you know that some degree of manual review is necessary on the FAA’s part. Tis could be for several reasons. Te bottom line for the submitter is that it will just take a little more time to receive a more definitive response. It’s also important to note that ADAPT has
been in development for quite some time, and the FAA smartly leveraged several industry professionals and associations to build and test
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