Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport - Ohio University All-Season Test Facility at Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport

Ohio University All-Season Test Facility At Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport

Ohio University Avionics Engineering Center operates a controversial avionics test facility on Runway 9L, the north runway at Kendall-Tamiami Airport. This facility was used in 2007-8 to certify the Steep Approach landing system on the Embraer ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 Transport Category Jet Airliners. Embraer conducted this testing and software development in order to meet stringent requirements and approval to land at London City Airport (LCY), an airport in downtown London, England. The test facility was under intense scrutiny due to numerous controversial test flights involving the challenging development and modifications to the Fly-By-Wire Flight Control Systems in these advanced aircraft. Flight testing of Experimental Aircraft over congested areas such as Kendall are prohibited by the FAA. This map of the flight testing area shows the flight path in relation to Kendall-Tamiami Airport and the 75,000+ homes in the area Media coverage in the Miami Herald and Kendall Gazette about the safety issues led the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations to call for a meeting to investigate solutions to the problem.

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