Eagle Peak FAA Radar Site
Eagle Peak FAA Radar Site (1996-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long-Range Radar (LLR) site established in 1996 on Eagle Peak near Van Horn, Hudspeth 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 Joint Surveillance System (JSS) ID of J-27A and an FAA ID of ZQNW. Active FAA Radar Site.
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Eagle Peak FAA Radar Site.
History
This site became an FAA radar site in 1996, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. An 18 Jan 1996 satellite photo shows the site under construction with the building up but no radome up as of that date.
The radar site data is available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the FAA Albuquerque ARTCC (ZAB) and adjacent ARTCCs.
Context
Location:
On Eagle Peak at the end of Radar Road, Van Horn, TX 79855
Lat: 30.92° Long: -105.086° Elevation: 7'
Bing, Google,
OldMapsOnline,
USGS, OHM
Current Status
Active FAA facility on Eagle Peak near Van Horn in Hudspeth County, Texas.
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See Also:
Sources:
- FAA - Site Listing of Legacy Radars as of 23 Dec 2016.
- U.S. DoT - Recommendation on Transition from Primary/Secondary Radar to Secondary-Only Radar Capability 1994.
- FAA - Three Level Weather For ARTCC Displays - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 7110.14A, 14 Feb 1990.
- FAA - SSR/DMTI Modification - Project Implementation Plan, FAA Order 6340.20, 6 Jul 1988.
Links:
Related:
ARSR-4, ATCBI-6, Albuquerque ARTCC, El Paso FAA Radar Site, JSS System, US Radar Sets, FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers,
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