FAA plans permanent Washington-area ADIZ

AOPA says the FAA's plan to create a permanent ADIZ of 2,000 square miles -- nearly twice the size of Rhode Island -- is "operationally unworkable" and not clearly justified by the FAA.

In AOPA's words, "AOPA recognizes the necessity to protect the national assets in the nation's capital. The 15-nautical-mile-radius no-fly zone known as the flight-restricted zone (FRZ) does that," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "But we take strong exception to the FAA's proposal to make the temporary outer ring of Washington's defensive airspace — the ADIZ — permanent."

Here's AOPA's map of the proposed ADIZ.

Here's where you can tell the FAA what you think of this Draconian idea.