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Impact of shutting down en route primary radars within CONUS interior

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  • Creators:
    VILCANS, JANIS
  • Corporate Creators:
    John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
    DOT-VNTSC-FAA-93-1 ; DOT/FAA/NR-93-1
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Edition:
    Final report; June 1992 - February 1993
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
  • Abstract:
    The Impact on the Air Traffic Control (ATC) operations resulting from the shutdown of alt en route primary radars ; (except for ARSR-4s) within the CONUS interior will result in loss of real-time weather data and aircraft skin tracking, ; over 33 percent primary surveillance loss of coverage in the CONUS, and an increase in the accident rate of one accident ; In 11 years as predicted on recent statistics. ; The report ccncludes that real-time weather data, while of limited quality, must be retained until it can be replaced by ; data from the NEXRAD weather radar or other weather data source. Ability to track non-transponder equipped aircraft is ; significant but less critical and can be minimized by other system improvements. These include: better beacon radar ; (Mode S) in combination with Traffic Atert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance ; (ADS); increased transponder equipage; reduced attitude for non-transponder equipped aircraft to 10 thousand feet; ; increased DF network to 370 sites; and better siting of beacon-only antennas. ; Based on current availability, projections (derived from Capital Investment Plan (CIP) schedules), the most feasible en ; route primary radar shutdown date is the year 2008. If weather data from external sources can be made available on ; controllers' displays before that time (for exemple, by 1998 when ISSS is installed), that data can be advanced.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Funding:
    A3156/FA3M5
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8822/dot_8822_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.31 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    Volpe Center
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:57de0cf39def1fa559ec86642b83d8bea9846333b27c2f36e5e36355117a670c
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