PAPR System Down

[Kyle Boatright]

The FAA's PAPR link is down. That's the link which allows you to check your ADSB performance. It has been down since Tuesday, when I finished the installation of a new ADSB system.

Here's a (non-functioning) link:

https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx

Is there a way to report this problem to the FAA?

[Kyle Boatright]

Is there any way to notify the FAA of this issue? I'd really like to validate the calibration of my new ADSB installation.

[Eric Page]

Looks like there's a contact email address for FAA's ABS-B office on this page (https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/). Or, use this form (https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/adsb_reports/) to report ADS-B issues.

[jiniguano]

This is the reply I got from FAA on November 16 when I alerted them about the issue:

Thank you for your inquiry.

An FAA tool used in the assessment and verification of ADS-B performance is currently offline. As such, we are currently unable to process any Public ADS-B Performance Report (PAPR) requests. At the present time, we are unable to predict the duration of the outage.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask.

From: do-not-reply@faa.gov <do-not-reply@faa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 11:32 AM
To: 9-AJE-ADSB (FAA) <adsb@faa.gov>; 9-ATO-NECC-OPS (FAA) <9-ATO-NECC-OPS@faa.gov>
Subject: [N-Number/ICAO: N46036] ADS-B Services: Report an Issue: form submission

Date/time of form submission: 2021-11-16T15:32:09-0500

[Kyle Boatright]

This is the reply I got from FAA on November 16 when I alerted them about the issue:

Thank you for your inquiry.

An FAA tool used in the assessment and verification of ADS-B performance is currently offline. As such, we are currently unable to process any Public ADS-B Performance Report (PAPR) requests. At the present time, we are unable to predict the duration of the outage.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask.

From: do-not-reply@faa.gov <do-not-reply@faa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 11:32 AM
To: 9-AJE-ADSB (FAA) <adsb@faa.gov>; 9-ATO-NECC-OPS (FAA) <9-ATO-NECC-OPS@faa.gov>
Subject: [N-Number/ICAO: N46036] ADS-B Services: Report an Issue: form submission

Date/time of form submission: 2021-11-16T15:32:09-0500

Yeah, I got that message a few days ago. Kind of sad the FAA "loses" a resource and can't tell you when it will be restored.

[Eric Page]

ADS-B tools offline, FAA prepares workarounds — AOPA (https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/november/18/ads-b-tools-offline-faa-prepares-workarounds)