Posted on 01/18/2020 8:03:33 AM PST by CodeToad
GPS reception may be unavailable or unreliable over a large portion of the southeastern states and the Caribbean during offshore military exercises scheduled between January 16 and 24.
The FAA has posted a flight advisory for the exercises that will require jamming of GPS signals for periods of several hours each day of the event. Navigation guidance, ADS-B, and other services associated with GPS could be affected for up to 400 nautical miles at Flight Level 400, down to a radius of 180 nm at 50 feet above the ground.
The flight advisory encourages pilots to report any GPS anomalies they encounter. Reports may be submitted using this online form. AOPA reported on a similar event in the southeastern United States in 2019.
AOPA is aware of hundreds of reports of interference to aircraft during events around the country for which notices to airmen were issued, and we consider the risks to GA aircraft highly concerning.
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Map at link. Richmond not in the radius.
LOL!
For those traveling...
Bring paper map or MapQuest directions?
Cause we all have "The Big Chicken" to navigate on.
My pizza delivery people rely on GPS to help them find out where they are going. This is just another way the government is hurting the economy. The little people get stepped on again.
Ground transportation should be effected.
Great, now I want fried chicken for dinner.
I smell a rat. If this is some kind of a test why not do this where are far less people. Like Montana or the Dakotas.
It’s a Navy exercise. They tried to get the carriers to Montana, but the freeway bridges were too low.
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