Haleyville FAA Radar Site

Haleyville FAA Radar Site (1960s-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in the 1960s near Haleyville, Franklin County, Alabama. 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 QPC. Active FAA Radar Site. Haleyville FAA Radar Site. History This FAA radar site is thought to have been established in the 1960s, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA FPS-67B search radar remained in operation until it was modified to become a CARSR radar (w 1561 antenna) reportedly as of 31 Jan 2012. A FYQ-47 Common Digitizer was probably placed in service by February 1973 when the USAF/FAA FST-2 to FYQ-47 replacement program was completed. By 1990 the site was equipped with an FPS-67B search radar and a CD-2A Common Digitizer. The Haleyville CD-2A was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three-level weather data processing in August 1992. CARSR Radar The nationwide replacement program converting FAA legacy radar systems to the CARSR radar configuration was completed by 17 Aug 2015 and Haleyville FAA Radar Site was a part of that program. Legacy FAA radars underwent a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) that replaced key components in the vintage ARSR-1, ARSR-2, FPS-20, FPS-66 and FPS-67 radars. The CARSR program replaced legacy klystron radar transmitters with a solid-state transmitter as well as renovating the radar receiver and signal processor. The CARSR modification also included common digitizer functionality making a separate common digitizer unnecessary. The Haleyville FAA Radar Site is now operating with the CARSR radar. The radar site data is now available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the FAA Memphis ARTCC (ZME) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. Haleyville FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar Height Radar Data Systems IFF/SIF/Beacon FPS-67B CARSR FYQ-47 CD-2A ATCBI-6 Current Status Active FAA facility near Haleyville in Franklin County, Alabama. Location: 3564 County Rd 138, Russellville, AL 35654 Maps & Images Lat: 34.41567 Long: -87.53981 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 1,117' GPS Locations: 34.41567, -87.53981 Haleyville FAA Radar Site See Also: Memphis 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: 2 Aug 2021