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== History of Garden City FAA Radar Site ==
== History of Garden City FAA Radar Site ==
This site became an FAA/ADC joint-use site in 1964, furnishing radar track data to the FAA and data tied to USAF Direction Centers. The initial ARSR-2 radar equipment is still in place.
This site became an FAA/ADC joint-use site in 1964, furnishing radar track data to the FAA and data tied to USAF Direction Centers. The initial [[ARSR-2]] radar equipment remained in place until updated to a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar ([[CARSR]]) circa 2015.


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Revision as of 18:38, 23 October 2016

Garden City FAA Radar Site (1964-Present) - An FAA Radar Site first established in 1964 near Sublette, Haskell County, Kansas. Initially assigned a Permanent ID and a SAGE ID of Z-226 and a FAA ID of GCK. Active FAA Radar Site.

History of Garden City FAA Radar Site

This site became an FAA/ADC joint-use site in 1964, furnishing radar track data to the FAA and data tied to USAF Direction Centers. The initial ARSR-2 radar equipment remained in place until updated to a Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) circa 2015.


Garden City FAA Site Major Equipment List
Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems


Current Status

Active facility in Sublette, Haskell County, Kansas.


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Location: Thirteen miles north of Sublette in Haskell County, Kansas.

Maps & Images

Lat: 37.66417 Long: -100.87167

  • Multi Maps from ACME
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  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: 2,940'

See Also:

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 116.


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