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AIM 

4/20/23

 

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National Security and Interception Procedures

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Are in receipt of, and are operating in accordance with, an FAA routing authorization if the aircraft is

registered in a U.S. State Department

designated special interest country or is operating with the ICAO 3LD of

a company in a country listed as a U.S. State Department

designated special interest country, unless the operator

holds valid FAA Part 129 operations specifications. VFR and DVFR flight operations are prohibited for any
aircraft requiring an FAA routing authorization. (See paragraph 5

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information.)

b.

Civil aircraft registered in Canada or Mexico, and engaged in operations for the purposes of air ambulance,

firefighting, law enforcement, search and rescue, or emergency evacuation are authorized to transit U.S.
territorial airspace within 50 NM of their respective borders with the U.S., with or without an active flight plan,
provided they have received and continuously transmit an ATC

assigned transponder code.

c.

Civil aircraft registered in Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, or the British Virgin

Islands with a maximum certificated takeoff gross weight of 100,309 pounds (45,500 kgs) or less are authorized
to transit U.S. territorial airspace if in compliance with all of the following conditions:

1.

File and are on an active flight plan (IFR, VFR, or DVFR) that enters U.S. territorial airspace directly

from any of the countries listed in this subparagraph 5

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7c. Flights that include a stop in a non

listed country

prior to entering U.S. territorial airspace must comply with the requirements prescribed by subparagraph 5

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above, including operating under an approved TSA aviation security program (see paragraph 5

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aviation program information) or operating with, and in accordance with, an FAA/TSA airspace waiver (see
paragraph 5

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9 for FAA/TSA airspace waiver information).

2.

Equipped with an operational transponder with altitude reporting capability and continuously squawk

an ATC assigned transponder code;

3.

Equipped with an operational ADS

B Out when operating in airspace specified in 14 CFR 91.225;

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Maintain two

way radio communications with ATC; and

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Comply with all other applicable ADIZ requirements described in paragraph 5

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national security requirements in paragraph 5

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d.

Civil aircraft registered in Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, or the British Virgin

Islands with a maximum certificated takeoff gross weight greater than 100,309 pounds (45,500 kgs) must
comply with the requirements subparagraph 5

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7a, including operating under an approved TSA aviation

security program (see paragraph 5

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10 for TSA aviation program information) or operating with, and in

accordance with, an FAA/TSA airspace waiver (see paragraph 5

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9 for FAA/TSA airspace waiver

information).

e.

Civil aircraft registered in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico with a maximum certificated takeoff gross weight

of 100,309 pounds (45,500 kgs) or less that are operating without an operational transponder and/or the ability
to maintain two

way radio communications with ATC, are authorized to transit U.S. territorial airspace over

Alaska if in compliance with all of the following conditions:

1.

Enter and exit U.S. territorial airspace over Alaska north of the fifty

fourth parallel;

2.

File and are on an active flight plan;

3.

Squawk 1200 if VFR and equipped with a transponder.

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Comply with all other applicable ADIZ requirements described in paragraph 5

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national security requirements in paragraph 5

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8. Foreign State Aircraft Operations

a.

Foreign state aircraft are authorized to operate in U.S. territorial airspace if in compliance with all of the

following conditions:

1.

File and are on an active IFR flight plan;