Ajo FAA Radar Site

From FortWiki
Revision as of 17:34, 8 November 2018 by John Stanton (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ajo FAA Radar Site (2000-Active) - A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Long Range Radar (LLR) site first established in 2000 near Ajo, Pima County, Arizona. 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-29A and an FAA ID of QQO. Active FAA Radar Site.

Ajo FAA Radar Site.

History

This site became an FAA radar site in 2000, furnishing radar track data to the FAA ARTCC's and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial FAA qqqqq search radar was replaced with an ARSR-4 3D radar in the mid-1990s.

The radar site data is available to the USAF/NORAD Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) operations centers (EADS & WADS) as well as the FAA Albuquerque ARTCC (ZAB) and adjacent ARTCCs.


Ajo FAA Site Major Equipment List
Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems

Current Status

Active FAA facility near Ajo in Pima County, Arizona.


{"selectable":false,"width":"500"}

Location: Near Ajo in Pima County, Arizona.

Maps & Images

Lat: 32.43102 Long: -112.94517

  • Multi Maps from ACME
  • Maps from Bing
  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: 2,853'

See Also:

Sources:

Links:

Visited: No