Sonora FAA Radar Site

Sonora FAA Radar Site (1980-1997) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LRR) site first established in 1980 near Sonora, Sutton 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-339, a JSS ID of J-25, and an FAA ID of SOA. Closed FAA Radar Site. History This site became an FAA radar site circa 1980, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCCs and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA ARSR-3 search radar remained in operation until it was replaced by a new ARSR-4 radar site at Rocksprings in 1997. In 1990 the Sonora ARSR-3 was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing on 7 Jan 1991. The radar site data was available to the USAF/NORAD operations centers as well as the FAA Houston ARTCC (ZHU) and adjacent ARTCCs. With the activation of the new ARSR-4 radar site at Rocksprings in 1997 the Sonora site was deactivated. Sonora FAA Radar Site Major Equipment List Search Radar Height Radar Data Systems Scopes Comm IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-3 DTE FA-9214 Current Status Closed FAA radar site near Sonora in Sutton County, Texas. Location: Near Sonora in Sutton County, Texas. Maps & Images Lat: 30.47111 Long: -100.55806 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 2,313' GPS Locations: 30.47111, -100.55806 Sonora FAA Radar Site See Also: Houston ARTCC JSS System FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers US Radar Sets Sources: Winkler, David F., Searching the Skies: the Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, USAF Hq Air Combat Command, 1997, 192 pages, Pdf, page 158. 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 Sonora%2C+TX Sonora FAA Radar Site] Visited: No