Gatwick Radar usage
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Gatwick Radar usage
Hello,
Am a 320 pilot at EGKK and for months now its been nagging at me the significance of the radar installation situated south of the airfield via the CAA HQ.
Specifically I was wondering the operational significance of this radar as it seems sometimes its on and more often it seems it isnt.
Obviously there are sound operational reasons behind this and I was just wondering what they were really?
I have noticed there is another radar installation just west of the airfield. Would I be correct in assuming that the westerly dish is used as a primary source and the southerly installation as a backup??
Thanks chaps/chapessess
Am a 320 pilot at EGKK and for months now its been nagging at me the significance of the radar installation situated south of the airfield via the CAA HQ.
Specifically I was wondering the operational significance of this radar as it seems sometimes its on and more often it seems it isnt.
Obviously there are sound operational reasons behind this and I was just wondering what they were really?
I have noticed there is another radar installation just west of the airfield. Would I be correct in assuming that the westerly dish is used as a primary source and the southerly installation as a backup??
Thanks chaps/chapessess
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The radar installation next to CAA HQ is a test radar installation and was intended as a contingency mobile(-ish) radar incase of serious failure. It has never and will never be used for operations. The radar is turned on and off as necessary for trials.
The radar installation to the West of this one situated just to south of EGKK runway is the Gatwick approach radar. There is also an alternative radar source just south of Crawley at Pease Pottage.
RS
The radar installation to the West of this one situated just to south of EGKK runway is the Gatwick approach radar. There is also an alternative radar source just south of Crawley at Pease Pottage.
RS
Last edited by Radarspod; 10th Nov 2009 at 18:29.