Skip navigation links
ATA Airline Handbook
Chapter 1: Brief History of Aviation:
Chapter 2: Airline Deregulation
Chapter 3: Industry and Corporate Structure
Chapter 4: Airline Economics
Chapter 5: How Aircraft Fly
Chapter 6: Safety
Chapter 7: Security
Chapter 8: Airports
Chapter 9: Air Traffic Control
Chapter 10: Energy and Environmental Matters
 

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)

An aircraft-based surveillance service capable of replacing today’s ground-based radar system. With ADS-B, the airplane’s GPS determines the aircraft’s location. ADS-B then broadcasts that position, via a radio transmission, approximately once-per-second to controllers on the ground and other aircraft. ADS-B would give controllers and other traffic a more precise location for each aircraft.

1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 1100 | Washington, DC 20004 | Contact Us