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 public aircraft situation display (ASDI) data allows real-time flight tracking, but a current program permits operators to block their aircraft from public view for privacy and security reasons.
- The FAA has proposed eliminating this blocking program, requiring operators to demonstrate a "valid security concern," as determined by the FAA, for any flight to remain private.
- This proposal faces significant opposition from operators who argue it infringes on personal and corporate privacy, creates arbitrary criteria, and lacks a clear public policy justification.
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