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. 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. Eagle Peak FAA Radar Site Major Equipment List Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-4 ACTBI-6M Current Status Active FAA facility on Eagle Peak near Van Horn in Hudspeth County, Texas. Location: On Eagle Peak at the end of Radar Road, Van Horn, TX 79855 Maps & Images Lat: 30.92034 Long: -105.08580 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 7,439' GPS Locations: 30.92034, -105.08580 Eagle Peak FAA Radar Site See Also: Albuquerque ARTCC JSS System FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers US Radar Sets 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: Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: No