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  2. Airport surveillance radar - Wikipedia

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    An airport surveillance radar (ASR) is a radar system used at airports to detect and display the presence and position of aircraft in the terminal area, the airspace around airports. It is the main air traffic control system for the airspace around airports. At large airports it typically controls traffic within a radius of 60 miles (96 km) of ...

  3. Air Defense Identification Zone (North America) - Wikipedia

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    ADIZ boundaries for the United States and Canada as of 2018. ADIZ boundaries for Alaska. The Air Defense Identification Zone of North America is an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) that covers the airspace surrounding the United States and Canada – in which the ready identification, location, and control of civil aircraft over land or water is required in the interest of national ...

  4. Air Route Surveillance Radar - Wikipedia

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    L band. Range. 290 miles. The Air Route Surveillance Radar is a long-range radar system. It is used by the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration to control airspace within and around the borders of the United States. The ARSR-4 is the FAA's most recent (late 1980s, early 1990s) addition to the "Long Range" series of ...

  5. Northern California TRACON - Wikipedia

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    Northern California TRACON (NCT) (Terminal Radar Approach Control), or NorCal TRACON for short (pronounced "nor-cal tray-con"), also known as NorCal Approach, is an air traffic control facility that provides safety alerts, separation, and sequencing of air traffic arriving, departing, and transiting the airspace and airports in Northern California, United States.

  6. Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 42.73517°N 71.48056°W. Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZBW; in radio communications, "Boston Center") is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States, located in Nashua, New Hampshire. The primary responsibility of ZBW is the separation of overflights, and the expedited sequencing of arrivals and ...

  7. Norad Santa tracker – live: Follow Father Christmas and his ...

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    Father Christmas heads home to North Pole. 10:10, Tara Cobham. Father Christmas is heading to his home of the North Pole. He has just stopped in Midway Atoll, US Minor Outlying Islands.

  8. Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast - Wikipedia

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    ADS-B is an airspace surveillance system which could eventually replace Secondary surveillance radar as the main surveillance method for controlling aircraft worldwide. In the United States ADS-B is an integral component of the NextGen national airspace strategy for upgrading and enhancing aviation infrastructure and operations.

  9. Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center - Wikipedia

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    Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZHU) is located at George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 16600 JFK Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States 77032. [1] The Houston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Houston Center is the 9th busiest ARTCC in the United States.