Newport FAA Radar Site

 (1979-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1979 near Newport, Attala County, Mississippi. 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 an FAA ID of QNM. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site became an FAA radar site in 1979, 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 CARSR radar with a 9200S Antenna.

The Newport ARSR-3 radar was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing on 21 Jan 1991. During January thru March 1996, the site participated in the testing of new, larger radomes to accommodate the addition of Mode S Beacon antennas. At that time the site was configured with an ARSR-3 search radar and an ATCBI-5 Beacon set.

CARSR Radar
The secondary radar at this site is an ATCBI-6 Beacon set.

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Current Status
Active FAA facility near Newport in Attala County, Mississippi.

{| See Also:
 * Memphis ARTCC
 * JSS System
 * FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers
 * US Radar Sets

Sources:


 * Monk, Bob, Area Radar Site Nearly Complete, The Star-Herald (Kosciusko, Mississippi), 22 Nov 1979, page 2.
 * Baker, Leonard H., Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Operational Test Plan for Type V/VI Fixed Ground Antenna Radome (FGAR), December 1995, DOT/FAA/CT-TN95/69, US DoT, FAA, Pdf

Links:
 * Radomes - Newport FAA Radar Site
 * Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System