Remsen FAA Radar Site

Remsen FAA Radar Site (1974-Active) - An FAA Radar Site first established in 1974 on Starr Hill near Remsen, Oneida County, New York. Initially assigned a SAGE ID of Z-312, a JSS ID of J-55 and a FAA ID of QXU. Active FAA Radar Site. Also known as Utica FAA Radar Site. Remsen FAA Radar Site on Starr Hill. History Remsen FAA Radar Site Radome The FAA established this site as a long range radar site in 1974. The site became an FAA/ADC joint-use site in 1979, replacing the deactivated Watertown Air Force Station. The new site furnished radar track data to both the FAA and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FPS-66A search radar equipment was modified to become an ARSR-60 and later replaced with an ARSR-4 in the late 1990s. A FPS-116 height-finder radar was initially installed in 1979 and maintained by the USAF but was removed about 1988. 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 a Common Digitizer CD-2. The Remsen CD-2 was scheduled to receive an upgrade kit to implement three level weather data processing in September 1992. With the installation of the ARSR-4 3D radar in the late 1990s, the CD-2 common digitizer was no longer required because the digitization functionality was built into the ARSR-4. The current configuration of the site includes the ARSR-4 radar and an ATCBI-6M Beacon set. 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 Boston ARTCC (ZBW) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. Remsen FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems IFF/SIF/Beacon FPS-66A ARSR-60 ARSR-4 FPS-116 FYQ-47 CD-2 ATCBI-6M Current Status Active facility near Remsen, Oneida County, New York. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Near Remsen in Oneida County, New York. Maps & Images Lat: 43.3455 Long: -75.24907 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 1,793' GPS Locations: 43.3455, 75.24907 Remsen FAA Radar Site See Also: Boston ARTCC Watertown Air Force Station SAGE System JSS System Permanent System Radar Sites 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 143. 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: Radomes - Remsen FAA Radar Site Visited: 17 Jun 2016