RADAR Room Equipment
The RADAR room contains remote RADAR scopes and control consoles for each of the
following pieces of RADAR equipment:
Surveillance and precision RADAR display
Interphone equipment
Altimeter setting indicators
Radio receiver and transmitter controls and an emergency communication
system
Weather dissemination and display devices
Wind direction and speed indicators
Navigational aid monitor or monitors
Air Traffic Control (ATC) RADAR beacon interrogator equipment and display
Video mapper
Flight progress strip holders/boards
Visual Communications (VISCOM) system
Flight Data Input/Output (FDIO)
Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
Enhanced Terminal Voice Switch (ETVS)
Integrated Voice Communications Switching System (IVCSS)
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)
Video Information Distribution System (VIDS)
Terminal Controller Workstation (TCW)
Tower Display Workstation (TDW)
Air Traffic (AT) Coach
RADAR Room Services
Services provided in accomplishing this mission include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Providing departure control service to departing aircraft
Transitioning departing aircraft into the enroute flight structure
Providing approach control service to arriving aircraft
Conducting and monitoring aircraft instrument approaches during periods of IFR
weather conditions
Assisting aircraft in emergency situations
Providing air traffic information to aircraft with established communications
Supervisor Positions
There are usually two supervisor positions in an air traffic control facility; the RADAR
Chief and the RADAR Supervisor.
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