ATC Radar Sites

[slabonte]

Here's the sites you may see in NY:

Buffalo(Dansville) FAA ID: DSV Type: ARSR-1E
Scan Time: 10
Max Range 200
N 42.63836055555556, W 77.65306

Newark FAA ID: EWR Type: ASR-9
Scan Time: 5
Max Range: 60
N 40.673273611111114, W 74.18571277777778

White Plains FAA ID: HPN Type: ASR-9
Scan Time: 5
Max Range: 60
N 41.072786111111114, W 73.71541111111111

New York FAA ID: JFK Type: ASR-9
Scan Time: 5
Max Range: 60
N 40.63962222222222, W 73.76642777777778

Du Bois FAA ID: QCF Type: ARSR-3
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 200
N 41.07026666666667, W 78.55041111111112

North Truro FAA ID: QEA Type: ARSR-4
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 250
N 42.03455 W 70.05439

Cummington FAA ID: QHA Type: AN/FPS-67B
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 200
N 42.47472 W 72.96799

Gibbsboro FAA ID: QIE Type ARSR-4
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 250
N 39.82477055555555, W 74.95414333333333

The Plains FAA ID: QPL Type: ARSR-3
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 200
N 38.88225 W 77.70308333333334

Benton FAA ID: QRC Type: AN/FPS-67B
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 200
N 41.35740416666667 W 76.29298777777778

Riverhead FAA ID: QVH Type: ARSR-4
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 250
N 40.87868 W 72.68710

Utica (Remsen) FAA ID: QXU Type: ARSR-4
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 250
N 43.34550 W 75.24897

Newburgh (Stewart) FAA ID: SWF Type: ASR-9
Scan Time: 5
Max Range: 60
N 41.49058333333333 W 74.10566388888888

St. Albans FAA ID: QHB
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 200
N 44.78172 W 73.06564

Bucks Harbor FAA ID: QYA
Scan Time: 12
Max Range: 250
N 44.62943 W 67.39537

Manchester FAA ID: MHT
Scan Time: 5
Max Range: 60
N 42.950013 W 71.299194


If you manage to correlate any of these to their correct II/SI identifiers, please share.

[slabonte]

While trying to match up what I had with these, I came across what appears to be another one, at the old S. Weymouth NAS (42.158254 -70.933388).

[Lynch_Christopher]

Originally Posted by slabonte

While trying to match up what I had with these, I came across what appears to be another one, at the old S. Weymouth NAS (42.158254 -70.933388).

If I am not mistaken I believe that radar site at the old South Weymouth NAS is actually a NEXRAD Doppler Weather Radar (WSR88-D).

[slabonte]

Thanks, that makes a lot more sense.

[jfr]

Originally Posted by Lynch_Christopher

If I am not mistaken I believe that radar site at the old South Weymouth NAS is actually a NEXRAD Doppler Weather Radar (WSR88-D).

The radar at S Weymouth is actually a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR), the higher-freq cousin to the WSR-88D. It has higher resolution (but lower range) and is used in conjuction with large Metro Airports (Logan, in this case) to detect wind shearing.

Terminal Doppler Weather Radar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[bobradar]

Any of the sites listed with ARSR1/2 or FPS are being replaced with C.A.R.S.R. systems, which stands for Common Air Route Surveillance RADAR.

This is being done through out the country.

Also when these system are finished being upgraded the ARSR-3 RADARs will be replaced.

I went from working on a FPS for 25 years to a CARSR on 11-2012 at Cummington Massachusetts.

[DaveNF2G]

That explains why Cummington never shows up as a possible site in Beamfinder.

[MikeMike]

I am starting to dig deeper into PP after only recently starting to share 24/7 using GS id "mN". I'm interested in working on the Beamfinder / Radar locations and plan to try and correlate the sites posted above.

Just curious if anyone has done any more work on this lately and is willing to work together to get this going for the New England area?

-Mike

[DaveNF2G]

You should join the Planeplotter group at Yahoogroups. Beamfinder and the issues with using it in the USA have been discussed there extensively. Some locations/idenfiers in the northeastern USA and eastern Canada have been published.

[haankster]

This link has considerable data, especially for coastal states:
http://psugeo.org/Publications/Atlas...0-%20Final.pdf

haankster