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Flying through an ADIZ

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if youre flying from Marco Island Exec in Florida and decide to take a trip to Key West on a VFR flight. Can you fly through the ADIZ?

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  1. John D Collins on Feb 09, 2019

    Yes, but you must file an IFR flightplan or a DVFR flightplan. A DVFR flightplan is a VFR flightplan that meets the requirements of FAR 99. I would file a VFR flightplan and in the remarks include DVFR. The AIM describes the requirements in section 5-6-4. Essentially, the aircraft must have and use a transponder with mode C and have two way radio. You must file, activate, and close a VFR flightplan. You will contact FSS via radio and be assigned a transponder code when you open/activate your VFR flightplan prior to entering the ADIZ and you are required to depart within 5 minutes of your ETD. Talking to NORAD at Sun N Fun, they really are most interested in inbound penetrations of the ADIZ. Do what ever the local FSS says to do.

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  2. PocketCFI on Feb 20, 2019

    The DVFR plan is without a doubt the best bet. With it you don’t run the risk of there being any issue whats so ever. However I have also flown to the Keys multiple times without filing a flight plan and ATC clearing me direct at some points. I then verified that I can cross the ADIZ and they confirmed. However with a DVFR on file and activated you are 100% safe.

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