There has been much discussion about 5G antennae disrupting aviation safety at our nation’s airports and these signals may disrupt vital instruments on the aircraft during landing making it unsafe.  All of this is true – but the devil is in the details.

· The stronger signals can interfere with certain radio altimeters used for precision approaches.

· As a result, the FAA issued an order to not allow flights to use these approaches until they researched the issue.  Overly cautious perhaps but that’s the way the FAA works.

· After conducting research, the FAA now knows where these 5G antennae are located; click Here to view the map.  If there are no antennae close to an airport, the restrictions are being lifted.

· The signals only adversely affect about 11% of the current fleet of aircraft, so regardless of tower proximity, 89% of the aircraft can use their radio altimeters without any disruption.  The affected aircraft tend to be either smaller, short-haul airplanes or older aircraft, both typically have less sophisticated radio altimeters.

No one should worry about their safety as a result of 5G interference at U.S. Airports. The FAA has a comprehensive plan for ensuring that affected airports and affected aircraft are identified and alternate solutions implemented.  Almost 90% of the flights today are not impacted by 5G interference and on the remaining flights, there are alternatives:

· Alternate approaches not requiring radio altimeters

· Retrofitting aircraft with with modern instruments

Useful information from the FAA can be found Here.