Airport Surface Surveillance Capability

Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) is a runway-safety tool that displays aircraft and ground vehicles on the airport surface, as well as aircraft on approach and departure paths within a few miles of the airport. The tool allows air traffic controllers and air crew in cockpits equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) to detect potential runway conflicts by providing detailed coverage of movement on runways and taxiways. By collecting and fusing data from a variety of sources, ASSC is able to track vehicles and aircraft on airport surfaces and obtain identification information from aircraft ADS-B transponders.

ASSC provides similar capabilities and displays as ASDE-X, as both systems provide real-time tracking information of ground movements using the same set of instruments. San Francisco International Airport was the first domestic airport to implement ASSC in October 2016.

Operation

Like ASDE-X, ASSC receives inputs from a variety of sensors, including:[1]

After the inputs are collected, the ASSC controller performs automated conflict detecting and alerting using the same human-machine interface as implemented in the 35 ASDE-X sites.[2] ASSC is part of ADS-B, which is one of the key elements of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Next Generation Air Transportation System implementation.

The nine ASSC sites used the Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model 3 radar (ASDE-3) to provide Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS). The similar ASDE-X program also used ASDE-3 radar,[3] but the primary difference between ASSC and ASDE-X is that ASSC does not require ASDE-3 input.[4]

List of airports

Nine sites have installed or plan to install ASSC by 2017,[1] under a five-year contract awarded to Saab Sensis Corporation in early 2012:[5]

  1. San Francisco International Airport (SFO / San Francisco, CA)
  2. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE / Cleveland, OH)
  3. Kansas City International Airport (MCI / Kansas City, MO)
  4. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG / Cincinnati, OH)
  5. Portland International Airport (PDX / Portland, OR)
  6. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY / New Orleans, LA)
  7. Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT / Pittsburgh, PA)
  8. Andrews Field (ADW / Camp Springs, MD)
  9. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC / Anchorage, AK)

See also

References
  1. "ADS-B / Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Airport Surface Surveillance Capability". SAAB. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. Shema, Steve (13 October 2011). "ASSC briefing to NATCA" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. Office of Inspector General (26 June 2014). FAA Operational and Programmatic Deficiencies Impede Integration of Runway Safety Technologies (PDF) (Report). Department of Public Transportation. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. Schofield, Adrian (12 January 2012). "FAA Extends Surveillance System To Nine Airports". Aviation Week. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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