FAA VHF AIR/GROUND DATA LINK AND FLIGHT SERVICE SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS ANALYSIS

This report documents the procedures and rationale used to produce overlays which depict line-of-sight coverage diagrams for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sites within the conterminous United States and printouts which indicate minimum reception altitudes for selected areas. The overlays and diagrams were submitted to the FAA in support of its Air/Ground Data Link and Flight Service System modernization programs.

• Corporate Authors:

  IIT Research Institute

  10 West 35th Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616

  Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center

  North Severn
  Annapolis, MD  United States  21402

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Atwell, F
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Area; Data collection; Data communications; Line of sight; Navigational aids; Radio direction finders
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data links
• Old TRIS Terms: Area coverage; Direction finding stations; Navigation reference
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133356
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ECAC-PR-76-014, FAA-RD-76-AF649E
• Contract Numbers: F19628-76-C-0017
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 13 2002 12:00AM