JO 7110.65 — Air Traffic Control

JO 7110.65 5-2-2

RADAR BEACON CODE CHANGES

This reproduces published FAA reference text for study. It does not replace the current official FAA publication or regulation.

Unless otherwise specified in a directive or a letter of agreement or coordinated at the time of handoff, do not request an aircraft to change from the code it was squawking in the transferring facility's area until the aircraft is within your area of responsibility.

REFERENCE-

FAA Order JO 7110.65, Para 4-2-8 , IFR‐VFR and VFR‐IFR Flights.

FAA Order JO 7110.65, Para 5-3-3 , Beacon/ADS-B Identification Methods.

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