USA: The G5 and interference with flight instruments

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In the US, some telephone companies such as A&T and Verizon have postponed the start of the 5G network in proximity to areas subject to airport attention because, on the part of some airlines, questions have been raised about possible interference between the fifth generation network (which operates on frequencies known as “C-band”) and on-board instruments (which operate on different frequencies but which in the US are close to those used for 5G), in particular with the radio altimeters needed for maneuvers such as landing in poor visibility or at night.

After reading several articles published in recent days regarding the issue, we decided to select and share with you what we believe to be the best written: quotidiano.net – USA e il G5

As in many articles regarding aviation, there is often some confusion in communication and in this case there are many articles that confuse radio altimeters with radio assistance, that praise the catastrophe or that on the contrary say that hundreds of flights have been cancelled, all things that are not true and that only create alarmism in a world that has the need to always have a “big problem to solve”.

Certainly the issue in the USA is open and will have to be managed given the anomalies found by the FAA which has identified and listed “attention zones” regarding 50 airports which include important hubs such as New York, Miami, Los Angeles…

And in Europe?

For the moment this issue does not concern Europe which has previously better regulated the use of frequencies to protect the aeronautical world, delimiting the 5G frequencies between 3.4 and 3.8 GHz with a good delta compared to the frequencies used by radio altimeters.