Montgomery FAA Radar Site

 (1959-Active) - A FAA Radar Site established near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. Initially assigned an FAA ID of MGM. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
Construction on the Montgomery FAA Radar Site began in late 1957 and was completed in the spring of 1959 at a reported cost of $3 million. The facility was commissioned on 16 Jul 1959.

This site furnishing radar track data to the FAA and was data tied to USAF SAGE System Direction Centers. Initially equipped with ARSR-1 search radar equipment that was updated to the ARSR-1D and then by the mid-1990s had been upgraded to the ARSR-1E configuration.

By 1990 the site was equipped with a ARSR-1E search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Montgomery CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in March 1992.

CARSR Radar
At the time of the CARSR changeout, the legacy radar in place was an ARSR-1E and the CARSR conversion included a 7172 Antenna. The secondary radar for the site is the ATCBI-6 Beacon set.

Current Status
Active facility near Hope Hull, Montgomery County, Alabama.

See Also:
 * Atlanta ARTCC
 * FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers
 * FAA Radar Sites
 * US Radar Sets

Sources:
 * Kovarik, Gene, Radar Installation Here Promotes Air Safety, Plane Traffic Control. Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Alabama), 23 Jul 1959, page 17.

Links:
 * Radomes - Montgomery FAA Radar Site