Dansville FAA Radar Site

 (1959-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1959 near Dansville, Livingston County, New York. 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-309, a JSS ID of J-56, and an FAA ID of DSV. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site became an FAA radar site in 1959, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and later to USAF Direction Centers. Located on a 1.7-acre site belonging to the U.S. government at 7903 Story Road, Springwater, New York. The initial FAA ARSR-1 search radar was eventually upgraded to an ARSR-1E configuration that remained in operation until it was modified to become a CARSR radar with a 7172 antenna as of 24 May 2012.

Originally equipped with an FYQ-49 and "data tied" to the JSS System. By 1990 the site was equipped with a ARSR-1E search radar and a  CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Dansville CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in September 1992.

Current Status
Active FAA facility near Dansville in Livingston County, New York.

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

Sources:
 * , page 143.
 * Bickel, Bob, Plane Traffic Regulated By Livingston Facilities, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 25 Jun 1968, page 38.


 * , page 55.

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