Indianapolis FAA Radar Site

 (1962c-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site established by 1962 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. 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 IND. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site became an FAA radar site by December 1962, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-1 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a CARSR radar with a 7172 Antenna.

By 1990 the site was equipped with an ARSR-1E search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Indianapolis CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing on 19 Oct 1990.

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

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Current Status
Active FAA facility in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.

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

Sources:

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