Fort Green FAA Radar Site

Fort Green FAA Radar Site (1998-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established circa 1998 near Fort Green, Polk 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 JSS ID of J-09A, and an FAA ID of FN7. Active FAA Radar Site. Fort Green FAA Radar Site. History This site became an FAA radar site circa 1998, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. Replaced the Fort Lonesome FAA Radar Site some 10 miles to the southwest. The primary search radar is an ARSR-4 while the secondary radar at this site is a 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 Miami ARTCC (ZMA) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. Fort Green FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar Height Radar Data Systems IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Current Status Active FAA facility in Polk County, near the town of Fort Green, Florida. Location: 9800 Radar Rd, Mulberry, FL 33860. Maps & Images Lat: 27.70056 Long: -82.00694 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 136' GPS Locations: 27.70056, -82.00694 Fort Green FAA Radar Site See Also: Miami ARTCC 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. Links: Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: 12 Sep 2021