St. Louis FAA Radar Site

 (bef 1966-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established before 1966 near St, Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. 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 STL. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site became an FAA radar site before 1966, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-1 search radar was upgraded to an ARSR-1E and remained in operation until it was modified to become a CARSR radar by 2015.

By 1990 the site was equipped with a CD-2A Common Digitizer and an ARSR-1E search radar. The St. Louis CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing on 22 Jun 1990.

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 at this site is an ATCBI-6 Beacon set.

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Current Status
Active FAA facility near St. Louis in St. Louis County, Missouri.

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

Sources:

Links:
 * Radomes - St. Louis FAA Radar Site
 * Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System