JFK to Receive New Ground Radar System

[Matt Molnar]

Three new receivers will be installed near the Howard Beach subway/Airtrain station which will give controllers a better view of the action on runways and taxiways to help prevent ground collisions. The new ASDE-X system combines data from radar and transponders to determine positions of vehicles driving around the airport as well as aircraft up to five miles away.

:arrow: New Safety Measures Set to Takeoff at JFK (http://www.brooklyndowntownstar.com/StoryDisplay.asp?PID=4&NewsStoryID=7511) [Queens Ledger]

[PhilDernerJr]

Good idea, but why would they go out of their way to say it will near the AirTrain in HoBe? Are they trying to make it a target or something?

[Matt Molnar]

The local papers are all about NIMBYism. If they haven't already, I'm sure area residents will flip out over this, demand hearings/investigations/closing of the airport/hangings, claiming the radio waves will make their kids retarded.

[HPNPilot1200]

The local papers are all about NIMBYism. If they haven't already, I'm sure area residents will flip out over this, demand hearings/investigations/closing of the airport/hangings, claiming the radio waves will make their kids retarded.

...and yet the ASDE-X software still won't work. Funny how it all works out (lose-lose for all).