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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerATC" data-source="post: 2447788" data-attributes="member: 9576"><p>They are not needed on the ground and would only clutter atc radar. I can tell when aircraft on the ground have their transponders on when I'm flying, because as I'm coming in to land, my traffic alert system will register a proximity alert, as if I was about to have a midair collision when in reality, i might be the only airborne plane in the vicinity of the airport. Hope that makes sense.</p><p></p><p>Some larger airports actually do have aircraft operate their transponders on the ground, to be able to track who is who since there may be a dozen or more aircraft moving on the airport at a given time.</p><p></p><p>In the airplanes I fly, we activate the transponder just before takeoff and turn it off just after landing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerATC, post: 2447788, member: 9576"] They are not needed on the ground and would only clutter atc radar. I can tell when aircraft on the ground have their transponders on when I'm flying, because as I'm coming in to land, my traffic alert system will register a proximity alert, as if I was about to have a midair collision when in reality, i might be the only airborne plane in the vicinity of the airport. Hope that makes sense. Some larger airports actually do have aircraft operate their transponders on the ground, to be able to track who is who since there may be a dozen or more aircraft moving on the airport at a given time. In the airplanes I fly, we activate the transponder just before takeoff and turn it off just after landing. [/QUOTE]
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