Russellville FAA Radar Site

 (1960s-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in the 1960s near Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas. 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-237 and an FAA ID of QXR. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site became an FAA radar site in the 1960s, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA FPS-64A search radar remained in operation until it was upgraded to an FPS-67A and that was later modified to become a CARSR radar.

By 1990 the site was listed with an FPS-64A search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Russellville CD-2 was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in August 1992.

CARSR Radar
At the time of the CARSR changeout, the legacy radar in place was an FPS‐67A and the CARSR conversion included a 1561 Antenna. The secondary radar for the site is the ATCBI-6 Beacon set.

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Current Status
Active FAA facility near Russellville in Pope County, Arkansas.

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

Sources:

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