PAPA Act of 2025

This bill aims to protect pilot and aircraft privacy by limiting how data from ADS-B (the system planes use to broadcast their location) can be used or shared. It is titled the Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act of 2025, and its stated purpose is “to limit the use of data from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast systems”. The table of contents also shows a section about “Imposition of fees on general aviation aircraft,” though the excerpt doesn’t provide details on what those fees would be.

If passed, this could mean less public access to some flight-tracking information and more privacy for pilots and aircraft owners.

• Who is affected: Pilots and aircraft owners; anyone who uses ADS-B flight data.
• What changes: Limits on how ADS-B data can be used or shared; a section also mentions possible fees for general aviation aircraft (details not shown in the excerpt).
• When: Would take effect after becoming law; timing isn’t specified in the provided text.