A pitot tube having a de-icing system (100, 200) comprising: said pitot tube (210, 302) having a support (212, 304), a static chamber with a static opening, a pitot chamber with a pitot opening and a wall defining a boundary of said pitot chamber, wherein said static chamber includes a wall defining a boundary of said static chamber and including a first de-icing portion and a second de-icing portion on either side of said static opening, wherein said pitot tube includes a third de-icing portion having a generally cylindrical structure disposed radially inward or outward of said wall defining said boundary of said pitot chamber, wherein both said pitot chamber and said static chamber extend along the length of said pitot tube (210, 302), wherein said pitot chamber is inner to said static chamber so that in radial direction of said pitot tube (210, 302) there is said pitot chamber, then said wall forming said boundary of said pitot chamber, then said static chamber and then said wall forming said boundary of said static chamber, said wall forming said boundary of said static chamber having said static opening, wherein said first de-icing portion, said second de-icing portion and said third deicing portion (232, 236, 234) include a smart suscepting alloy, wherein said smart suscepting alloy includes alloys that have magnetic susceptibility between 10 and 10,000, which lose magnetic susceptibility when a temperature approaches a specific Curie temperature; a coil (120, 260, 310) helically wrapped about said pitot chamber and inductively coupled to the first de-icing portion, the second de-icing portion and the third de-icing portion, wherein said coil is disposed radially outward of the pitot chamber and said third de-icing portion, wherein said coil has a varying pitch; and a power supply (130, 270) coupled to the coil, the power supply configured to provide voltage to the coil, wherein the coil emits electromagnetic energy responsive to power supplied by the power supply, wherein, responsive to the electromagnetic energy, eddy currents are generated in the de-icing portions that provide heating of the de- icing portions. said pitot tube (210, 302) having a support (212, 304), a static chamber with a static opening, a pitot chamber with a pitot opening and a wall defining a boundary of said pitot chamber, wherein said static chamber includes a wall defining a boundary of said static chamber and including a first de-icing portion and a second de-icing portion on either side of said static opening, wherein said pitot tube includes a third de-icing portion having a generally cylindrical structure disposed radially inward or outward of said wall defining said boundary of said pitot chamber, wherein both said pitot chamber and said static chamber extend along the length of said pitot tube (210, 302), wherein said pitot chamber is inner to said static chamber so that in radial direction of said pitot tube (210, 302) there is said pitot chamber, then said wall forming said boundary of said pitot chamber, then said static chamber and then said wall forming said boundary of said static chamber, said wall forming said boundary of said static chamber having said static opening, wherein said first de-icing portion, said second de-icing portion and said third deicing portion (232, 236, 234) include a smart suscepting alloy, wherein said smart suscepting alloy includes alloys that have magnetic susceptibility between 10 and 10,000, which lose magnetic susceptibility when a temperature approaches a specific Curie temperature; a coil (120, 260, 310) helically wrapped about said pitot chamber and inductively coupled to the first de-icing portion, the second de-icing portion and the third de-icing portion, wherein said coil is disposed radially outward of the pitot chamber and said third de-icing portion, wherein said coil has a varying pitch; and a power supply (130, 270) coupled to the coil, the power supply configured to provide voltage to the coil, wherein the coil emits electromagnetic energy responsive to power supplied by the power supply, wherein, responsive to the electromagnetic energy, eddy currents are generated in the de-icing portions that provide heating of the de- icing portions.