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  2. Air traffic control radar beacon system - Wikipedia

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    An ATC ground station consists of two radar systems and their associated support components. The most prominent component is the PSR. It is also referred to as skin paint radar because it shows not synthetic or alpha-numeric target symbols, but bright (or colored) blips or areas on the radar screen produced by the RF energy reflections from the target's "skin."

  3. Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center - Wikipedia

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    Fort Worth Center handles aircraft movements across more than 174,000 square miles in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Fort Worth Center is the seventh busiest ARTCC in the United States. In 2024, Fort Worth Center handled 2,341,168 aircraft. [1] Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is north of the control center.

  4. Airport surveillance radar - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Air Route Surveillance Radar - Wikipedia

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    ARSR-3 and 3D search radar were used by the FAA in the Joint Surveillance System (JSS). The radar operated in the L-band at 1250 to 1350 MHz and detected targets at distances beyond 210 nautical miles; 390 kilometres (240 mi). The D model had height-finder capability. Westinghouse also built ARSR-4 3-D air surveillance radar in the 1990s for ...

  6. Joint Surveillance System - Wikipedia

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    The former J-31 San Pedro JSS ARSR-1 radar site, California USAF Battle Control System operators monitor the skies from the floor of the program's Eastern Air Defense Sector location. The Joint Surveillance System (JSS) is a joint United States Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration system for the atmospheric air defense of North America.

  7. List of radar types - Wikipedia

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    Air traffic control uses primary and secondary radars. Primary radars are a "classical" radar which reflects all kind of echoes, including aircraft and clouds. Secondary radar emits pulses and listens for special answer of digital data emitted by an Aircraft Transponder as an answer.

  8. Category:Air traffic control - Wikipedia

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    Radar; Radar altimeter; Air traffic control radar beacon system; Radar control; Radar tracker; Radio navigation; Reduced lateral separation minima; Reduced vertical separation minima; Remote and virtual tower; Required navigation performance; Run and break; Runway visual range

  9. List of radars - Wikipedia

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    AN/APQ-136 attack radar by Texas Instruments for AC-119K and AC-130A; AN/APQ-139 K u band multi-mode radar by Texas Instruments for B-57G; AN/APQ-140 J band multi-mode radar by Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems for Boeing RC-135; AN/APQ-141 terrain-following radar by Texas Instruments for HH-53 and AH-56 Cheyenne