Finley FAA Radar Site

Finley FAA Radar Site (1979-Active) - A FAA Radar Site first established in 1979 near Finley, Steele County, North Dakota. Initially assigned a SAGE ID of Z-303, a JSS ID of J-75 and an FAA ID of QFI. Active FAA Radar Site. Finley FAA Radar Site History This site became an FAA/ADC joint-use site on 30 Dec 1979, furnishing radar track data to the FAA and to USAF Direction Centers. The initial equipment included the FAA ARSR-3 search radar and one USAF FPS-116 height-finder. The FPS-116 height-finder required the Military Interface Modification (MIM) to connect to the digitizer functionality in the ARSR-3 radar. The modification allowed height-finder operators to process height requests and return height data to USAF direction centers. The FPS-116 was removed about 1988. The ARSR-3 was replaced with an FAA ARSR-4 3D radar in 1997-1998. This site replaced the Air Force radar site at Finley Air Force Station and that site was closed. The new site was located directly adjacent to the Finley Air Force Station GATR site and that building remain at the site. 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 Minneapolis ARTCC (ZMP) and adjacent ARTCCs. Other federal agencies have access to the data under the Homeland Security umbrella. Finley FAA Site Major Equipment List Search Radar HF Radar Data Systems Scopes Comm IFF/SIF/Beacon ARSR-3 ARSR-4 FPS-116 MIM FA-9290 GRT-22 (12) GRR-24 (12) GRC-171 (1) GPA-124 ATCBI-5 ATCBI-6M Current Status Active facility in Finley, Steele County, North Dakota. {"selectable":false,"height":"-500","width":"-500"} Location: Near Finley in Steele County, North Dakota. Maps & Images Lat: 47.52833 Long: -97.90083 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 1,558' GPS Locations: 47.52833, -97.90083 Finley FAA Radar Site See Also: Minneapolis ARTCC SAGE System JSS System Permanent System Radar Sites US Radar Sets Finley Air Force Station 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 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. ADTAC Communications Digest, July 1982, Tactical Air Command, page 70. Links: Radomes - Finley FAA Radar Site Visited: 5 Aug 2016