SUPERAWOS

AWOS

AUTOMATED UNICOM

YOUR PILOTS NEEDYOUR PILOTS NEED

• AWOS For flight requirements

• UNICOM For flight safety & service

WHY NOT GET BOTH?WHY NOT GET BOTH?

AWOS

+ AUTOMATED

UNICOM _____________________________________

= SUPERAWOS

MEETS ALLFAA & ICAO

FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS

PROVIDESCOMPLETE

UNICOM SERVICES

WHY WHY SUPERAWOSSUPERAWOS??• Provides Essential Services Pilots Expect

…But traditional AWOS cannot provide

• Greets ------------- inbound pilots• Advisory ---------- of runway to use• Radio Check ----- before takeoff• Traffic -------------- in the area?

Is the airport ‘open’ or ‘closed?’

WHY WHY SUPERAWOSSUPERAWOS??FAA APPROVED AWOS

Plus A FULL SERVICE AUTOMATED UNICOM

FOR A FRACTION OF THE PRICE

OF TRADITIONAL AWOS!

FAA FAA SUPERAWOSSUPERAWOS

CERTIFICATIONCERTIFICATION

SIMPLER & FAR LESS EXPENSIVESIMPLER & FAR LESS EXPENSIVETHAN TRADITIONAL AWOSTHAN TRADITIONAL AWOS

• TO INSTALL– Flexible siting requirements– No waiting for frequency allocation– No digging up your airport– Installs in just a few hours– Serves pilots the day it is installed

• TO SUPPORT– Wireless Satellite Communications

• Eliminates land-line installation and ongoing maintenance costs• Provides long-line weather data for pilot flight planning

– Modern, internal self-monitoring and remote reporting

A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR ANY AIRPORT

SUPERAWOS SUPERAWOS FEATURES & SERVICESFEATURES & SERVICES

SUPERAWOS ARCHITECTURESUPERAWOS ARCHITECTURE

AUTOMATICALLY GREETS PILOTSAUTOMATICALLY GREETS PILOTS

• DETECTS AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA

• INFORMS PILOTS• Of the presence of SuperAWOS• How to use SuperAWOS

• PROMOTES YOUR AIRPORT

“Good Morning. Potomac Airfield, automated unicom. Click your mic three times for an advisory, four times for a radio check”

• Microphone clicks are simple

• Clicks never tie up the unicom frequency• Simple actually works, every time

SIMPLE ALWAYS WORKS

PILOTS ACTIVATE BY SIMPLE PILOTS ACTIVATE BY SIMPLE MICROPHONE CLICKSMICROPHONE CLICKS

ADAPTIVEADAPTIVE AUTOMATED ADVISORY AUTOMATED ADVISORYPatentedPatented

• REPLIES with ONLY what the pilot needs

• KEEPS UNICOM CLEAR by giving ONLY operationally relevant information

• ADJUSTS TRANSMISSION CONTENT– To Frequency Congestion– To what IS relevant to flight operations

WHY WHY ADVISORYADVISORY WIND? WIND?PILOTS HAVE PILOTS HAVE TWOTWO WIND QUESTIONS: WIND QUESTIONS:

QUESTION #1 “WHICH RUNWAY SHOULD I USE?”

“Winds from the north suggest using

the most northern facing runway”

QUESTION #2 “WHAT SURFACE CONDITIONS SHOULD I EXPECT?”

“Prepare for gusting cross-wind conditions

at the runway surface”

ONLY SUPERAWOS ANSWERS BOTH

AVERAGE WINDLIKE TRADITIONAL AWOS

REAL TIME WINDLIKE A WINDSOCK

AUTOMATED RADIO CHECKAUTOMATED RADIO CHECK

• A Pilot’s ONLY contact with the world IS BY RADIO

Before takeoff, the pilot MUST know if their aircraft radio is…Transmitting anything? Anything UNDERSTANDABLE?Receiving anything? Anything UNDERSTANDABLE?

– Pilots transmits a test message– Pilot receives ‘radio echo’ back of their own transmission

• Echo Radio Check Confirms

– Transmitter: POWER & MODULATION– Receiver: SENSITIVITY & CLARITY

OTHER UNIQUE SAFETY FEATURESOTHER UNIQUE SAFETY FEATURES• PILOTS STAYING ON UNICOM CAN HEAR OTHER TRAFFIC

– Reduces chances of mid-air & runway incursion

• ALERTS PILOTS TO AREA TRAFFIC– Other air traffic in the area on unicom

• ADVISES CONDITIONS FAVORING A SPECIFIC RUNWAY– When wind & traffic conditions make it clear

• ADVISES PREFERRED CALM WIND RUNWAY– When wind & traffic conditions allow

• WARNS DENSITY ALTITUDE WHEN CRITICAL– When critical to landing operations

And,– Added to radio check BEFORE takeoff

• ALERTS TO CRITICAL TEMPERATURE• When surface freezing likely

REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATED UNICOMREQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATED UNICOM

WHAT IS ‘ADAPTIVE?’– SYSTEM MUST PRIORITIZE WHAT IT TRANSMITS

Based on Constantly Changing conditions - from second to second– Frequency congestion from many aircraft– What IS important to flight operations– What IS NOT important to flight operations

TO MINIMIZE INTRUSION ON ANY BUSY UNICOM

Automated UnicomMUST BE DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE

UNICOM IS TOO IMPORTANT TO CREATE NEEDLESS CONGESTION

REMOTE ACCESSREMOTE ACCESS

• INTERNET• TELEPHONE• NADIN & WMSCR

NO EXTRA CHARGE

NO KIDDING!

IN SUMMARY

Who Benefits?Who Benefits?• Pilots

– Remote Data - for Advance Flight Planning– Onsite Data - for Real Time Flight Operations– FAA Approved Data – For Regulatory Compliance

• Airports– Meeting Pilot Needs– Providing Services & Requirements at Low Cost– Offering Easy Compliance

• Overseeing Agency– Verifying Equipment is Functioning Correctly

• More Efficiently than Ever Before• Less Expensively than Ever Before

Benefits to Pilots Benefits to Pilots

• AUTOMATED GREETING– On Unicom Frequency– Responds to Pilot Radio Calls– Informs pilots

• SuperAWOS is present at Airport• How to use the SuperAWOS system

• BEFORE TAKEOFF– Weather

• Which Runway to Use? - Wind Speed and Direction• What Conditions to Expect? – Crosswind and Wind Shear• What Aircraft Performance to Expect? – Density Altitude

– Radio Check• Is Aircraft Radio Transmission Clear?• Is Aircraft Radio Reception Clear?

Benefits to Pilots Benefits to Pilots

• COMING IN TO LAND– Traffic

• Is Other Traffic in the Area?

– Weather• Which Runway to Use?• What Conditions to expect on Landing?• Altimeter & Visibility Requirements for IFR

Benefits to Pilots Benefits to Pilots

Benefits to AirportsBenefits to Airports• Provides for All Pilot Needs

– Weather Information for Flight Ops– Radio Check for Communications– Regulatory Requirements for Flight Ops

• At Low Cost to Airport– Simple Installation– Simple Maintenance– Simple Oversight

Benefits to OversightBenefits to Oversight• Easy Oversight Online via Internet

– Equipment Internal Diagnostics• System Measures EVERYTHING• System Reports EVERYTHING

– Remote Maintenance Monitoring• Passes Performance via Satellite• Results Made Available in Familiar Form

– Standard FAA Facilities Maintenance Logs (6030)

Potomac Aviation Technology Corp

Potomac Airfield

www.SUPERAWOS.com 1 301 248 57201 800 207 8999

Potomac AviationPotomac Aviation• Invented Automated Unicom in 1994

• 10+ Years Experience with real Automated Unicom

• Over 50+ systems installed – At Airports large and small - From 5 to 500 based aircraft

• Numerous patents– Cooperative use of unicom for automated systems– Weather advisories– Automated greeting– Radio check– Traffic advisories

References available upon request