Lake Charles FAA Radar Site

Lake Charles FAA Radar Site (1995c-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LLR) site first established circa 1995 near Dequincy, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 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 JSS ID of J-14A and an FAA ID of ZLCH. Active FAA Radar Site. History This site became an FAA radar site circa 1995, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. 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 Houston ARTCC (ZHU) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. Lake Charles FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-4 ATCBI-6M Current Status Active FAA facility near Dequincy in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Location: Near Dequincy in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Maps & Images Lat: 30.36056 Long: -93.51139 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 53' GPS Locations: 30.36056, -93.51139 Lake Charles FAA Radar Site See Also: Houston 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: Bad Links Lake+Charles%2C+LA+%28JSS+Site%29 Lake Charles FAA Radar Site] Wikipedia - Joint Surveillance System Visited: No