Back in the late 1990s, the FAA began making its aircraft situation display to industry (ASDI) data available to the public. This is the near-real-time data stream of aircraft position and identification data used by applications like Flight Explorer and Web sites such as FlightAware.com to facilitate flight tracking. The ASDI data 288
Privacy For Me, Not Thee
Back in the late 1990s, the FAA began making its aircraft situation display to industry (ASDI) data available to the public. This is the near-real-time data stream of aircraft position and identification data used by applications like Flight Explorer and Web sites such as FlightAware.com to facilitate flight tracking. The ASDI data includes all IFR flights along with certain VFR operations.
Key Takeaways:
- The FAA's Aircraft Situation Display to Industry (ASDI) data, made public in the late 1990s, allows for near-real-time flight tracking.
- Currently, operators can block their aircraft from this public data stream for privacy and security reasons through a program administered by the NBAA.
- The FAA proposes to eliminate this automatic blocking, requiring operators to demonstrate a "valid security concern" (determined by the FAA) to hide flight information.
- Many operators oppose this proposal, citing concerns about compromised personal and corporate privacy, the lack of a clear public policy justification, and the arbitrary nature of the proposed security requirement.
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