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Daytona Beach International Airport Surveillance Radar. An airport surveillance radar (ASR) is a radar system used at airports to detect and display the presence and position of aircraft in the terminal area, the airspace around airports. It is the main air traffic control system for the airspace around airports. At large airports it typically ...
Potomac TRACON (PCT, radio communications: Potomac Approach and Potomac Departure) is a terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facility in charge of the Washington, D.C. airspace, Washington Special Flight Rules Area, the Baltimore area airspace and the Richmond-Charlottesville area airspace. [1] It is based in Warrenton, Virginia. Potomac ...
The Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement program's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) replaced the legacy Automated Radar Terminal System. Installation was completed in 2021, and it is operating at more than 200 FAA and Department of Defense (DoD) terminal radar approach control facilities, and more than 600 ...
New York TRACON is the second largest TRACON facility in the United States. In 2024, New York TRACON handled 1,770,862 aircraft operations, handling more aircraft than 5 of the 22 Area control centers in the United States. The New York TRACON is a Level 12 facility and one of seven "Large TRACONs" currently existing throughout the United States.
STARS replaced the Automated Radar Terminal System (ARTS) at FAA air traffic control facilities across the US, as well as the previous automation systems employed by the DoD. The STARS system receives and processes target reports, weather, and other non-target messages from both terminal and en route digital sensors.
Common ARTS (or Automated Radar Terminal System) is an air traffic control computer system that air traffic controllers use to track aircraft.. The computer system is used to automate the air traffic controller's job by correlating the various radar and human inputs in a meaningful way.
A Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, is responsible for descending airplanes from the ARTCC and lining them up for landing at their destination airport, as well as climbing departures before handing off to the ARTCC. In 2024, Boston TRACON handled 810,615 aircraft movements, making it the 12th largest approach control facility in the ...
The facility is "sectorized" into two sectors for the controllers. "A-side" controllers, work the tower, and half the radar room. "B-side" controllers work the entire radar room (POM). Philadelphia International Airport is a level 12 facility and the TRACON works on an average of 2,800 daily movements; the ATCT handles about 1,700 operations ...