SurfaceOps by uAvionix

SurfaceOps by uAvionix

Airport Vehicle Ops Safety

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 15, 2026
  • August 31, 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

1.3.1

August 31, 2026

Refinements to alerting, and the free tier extended. TRAFFIC FINAL is now a red warning rather than a yellow caution. An aircraft inside half a mile of the threshold is an immediate-action condition, and it now looks like one. Your vehicle, recognized. Surface Ops can now learn which ADS-B track is the vehicle you are in — it offers by callsign ("Looks like you're in OPS1") once it sees a track moving with you, and asks again if you change vehicles. Once confirmed, your own vehicle no longer counts as traffic against you. Entirely optional, and your position and every alert are still based on GPS. Manage it under Settings › Your Vehicle. Airfield constraints are now free at participating airports — ground stops, delay programs and deicing status no longer require activation. The free tier is now runway safety alerts, weather, and airfield constraints. Alert history is per airport. Alerts raised at one airport no longer appear in the Alerts tab while you are viewing another. Crash-phone alerts now expire on their own when a tower sends no all-clear, and runway matching handles single-digit designators (runway 1 vs 01).

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