United States Transborder Flight Requirements

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Flight Data Centre NOTAM FDC 9/2788 FDC PART 4 OF 10, Reference “G”, states as follows:

 

. . . AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN MEXICO, CANADA, BAHAMAS, BERMUDA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE TO OR FROM OR TRANSIT ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES AND THE TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE OF THE U.S., IF IN COMPLIANCE WITH:

 

1. FILE AND ARE ON AN ACTIVE DIRECT FLIGHT PLAN (DVFR INCLUDED) THAT ENTERS U.S. TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE DIRECTLY FROM ANY OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN THIS PARAGRAPH . . .  

 

2. ARE EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERATIONAL MODE C OR S TRANSPONDER AND CONTINUOUSLY SQUAWK AN ATC ISSUED TRANSPONDER CODE;

 

3. MAINTAIN TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATC;

 

4. COMPLY WITH ALL U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS.

FDC 4/0811 FDC ...SPECIAL NOTICE... THIS IS A RESTATEMENT OF A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ADVISORY NOTICE. IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PILOTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE ABOVE, OR IN PROXIMITY TO SUCH SITES AS POWER PLANTS (NUCLEAR, HYDRO-ELECTRIC, OR COAL), DAMS, REFINERIES, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, MILITARY FACILITIES AND OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES. PILOTS SHOULD NOT CIRCLE AS TO LOITER IN THE VICINITY OVER THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES

 

 

Full reference to the text is provided at the following FAA link: FAA NOTAMs