Cross City FAA Radar Site

Cross City FAA Radar Site (1980-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long-Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1980 near Cross City, Dixie County, Florida. The site is used to identify and track military and civilian aircraft movements within a 200-mile radius and to provide air-ground radio communication with those aircraft. Assigned a SAGE System ID of Z-333, a JSS ID of J-10, and an FAA ID of CTY. Active FAA Radar Site. Located on a different site from Cross City Air Force Station. History This site became a new FAA radar site in 1980, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-3 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a ARSR-4 radar between 1996 and 1999. The US Air Force OLAB of the 20th Air Defense Squadron (ADS) operated a USAF FPS-116 height finder radar here between 1980 and 1988. The current configuration includes the ARSR-4 radar and an ATCBI-6M Beacon Set. The radar site data is now available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the FAA Jacksonville ARTCC (ZJX) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. Cross City FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar Height Radar Data Systems Scopes Comm IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-3 ARSR-4 FPS-116 FAA-9290 Mod GPA-127 Single Chan (12) Multi Chan (1) GPA-124 ATCBI-5 ATCBI-6M Current Status Active FAA facility near Cross City in Dixie County, Florida. Location: Near Cross City in Dixie County, Florida. Maps & Images Lat: 29.74403 Long: -83.00098 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 62' GPS Locations: 29.74403, -83.00098 Cross City FAA Radar Site See Also: Jacksonville ARTCC Cross City Air Force Station JSS System FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers US Radar Sets Sources: FAA - Site Listing of Legacy Radars as of 23 Dec 2016. U.S. DoT - Recommendation on Transition from Primary/Secondary Radar to Secondary-Only Radar Capability 1994. FAA - Three Level Weather For ARTCC Displays - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 7110.14A, 14 Feb 1990. FAA - SSR/DMTI Modification - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 6340.20, 6 Jul 1988. ADTAC Communications Digest, July 1982, Tactical Air Command, page 43. Links: Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: No