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By Mike Mitchell |
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February 23, 2010
- The FAA places its traveling passengers, pilots and crews and air
traffic controllers in harms way at ASDE-X is an airport surface traffic management radar system that was designed to provide air traffic controllers with exact ground traffic location of aircraft, airport vehicles, people, etc. ASDE-X data information is provided on radar screens that controllers can view in the tower. |
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ASDE-X, when properly working is an ideal tool for air traffic
controllers to use for ground traffic management information especially
on days when the visibility is to low for controllers to see outside the
control tower windows, or on ground traffic location that controllers
can’t see visually on the airfield due to some kind off obstruction such
as a building (s).
There are two inherent problems with ASDE-X at
This may be due to ASDE-X being located on the top of the control tower,
the signals emitted from ASDE-X bounces off tall airport buildings
providing controllers with false airport traffic information as well
ground sensors that maybe faulty or loacted in wrong locations at the
airport.
Matt McCluskey an air traffic controller at
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McCluskey also
indicated that there are numerous events in which aircraft that have
landed at |
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