Keller FAA Radar Site

 (1960s-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in the 1960s near Keller, Tarrant County, Texas. 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-231, and an FAA ID of FTW. Active FAA Radar Site. Also known as Fort Worth 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 ARSR-1 search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a CARSR radar with a 7172 Antenna.

By 1990 the site should have been equipped with a Common Digitizer CD-2.

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

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Current Status
Active FAA facility near Keller in Tarrant County, Texas.

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

Sources:

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