Coopersville FAA Radar Site

 (19??-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long-Range Radar (LLR) site first established before 1990 near Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan. 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 CPV. Active FAA Radar Site.

History
This site became an FAA radar site before 1990, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA FPS-66A search radar remained in operation until it was modified in July 2011 to become a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) using a 1561 antenna. Coopersville FAA Radar Site received the first production model of the CARSR Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) equipment to upgrade it's legacy FPS-66A radar set.

By 1990 the site was equipped with an FPS-66A search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Coopersville CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing on 14 Dec 1990

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

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Current Status
Active FAA facility near Coopersville, Michigan.

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

Sources:

Links:
 * Ted Roelofs, The Grand Rapids Press, New radar tower promises more secure, efficient air travel in West Michigan.
 * Radomes - Coopersville FAA Radar Site Photos of CARSR Equipment.
 * Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System
 * Ted Roelofs, The Grand Rapids Press, New radar tower promises more secure, efficient air travel in West Michigan.