SurfaceOps by uAvionix

SurfaceOps by uAvionix

Airport Vehicle Ops Safety

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Released
May 15, 2026
Updated
October 6, 2026

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Surface Ops is a free situational-awareness tool for anyone interested in airport surface operations — pilots, students, ramp staff, plane spotters, and the general public — with optional licensed features for professional airport ground-operations teams. Free for everyone, at every US airport: • Airport diagrams (runways, taxiways, aprons, hotspots) • GPS-based ownship position on the airport surface • METAR, TAF, and D-ATIS weather • Live ADS-B traffic from a uAvionix skyAlert receiver (a separately-purchased consumer accessory) • Runway-incursion alerts: CHECK RUNWAY, TRAFFIC RUNWAY, CHECK FINAL, TRAFFIC FINAL and Aircraft Emergency Alerts • Visual highlighting of the runway under alert • Offline operation once an airport diagram is cached (weather requires internet) Optional licensed feature, at participating airports: Airports that contract with uAvionix for the professional toolset can issue a one-time activation code to their authorized vehicle operators, which adds the FlightLine ADS-B network traffic feed from the airport's ground-based receivers, no per-vehicle hardware required. No in-app purchase. The app and all consumer-facing features are free. Licensed airports pay uAvionix directly; the end-user operator never pays anything inside the app. What Surface Ops is NOT: • Not a certified safety system • Not a substitute for ATC instructions or established ground-movement procedures • Not a primary means of collision avoidance — visual scanning and radio communication remain primary Privacy Surface Ops collects only what's needed to operate: your activation code, a per-device licensing identifier, and—with your permission—your GPS location to display your position on the airport map. Location data stays on the device; we do not transmit it to our servers. No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no tracking. Terms Use of this app is subject to the Apple Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeveula/ Published by CAVU Consulting LLC on behalf of uAvionix Corporation.
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What's New in SurfaceOps by uAvionix

1.5.3

October 6, 2026

Weather back at Palm Beach, and more detail on each target. Palm Beach weather restored. Since Palm Beach International was re-designated from PBI to DJT, the FAA publishes its weather only under the new code, and the Weather tab there had gone blank. The app now finds METAR, TAF and ATIS under either code, and searching for DJT or PBI brings up the same airport. Runways missing from the diagram are flagged. The Airport tab's runway list comes from the FAA airport record, which can lag what's on the ground — a closed runway can stay listed for years. Runways that don't appear on the airport diagram are now dimmed and marked “Not on the airport diagram”, since there is no runway alerting where there is no runway drawn. Position quality on each target. Select a target to see its ADS-B position accuracy (NACp) and integrity (NIC): the reported code and the distance it stands for. Shown in Track Replay too, as recorded at that moment.

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