THE AIRPORT MOVEMENT AREA RADARS

Abstract

For airports primary radars are an inherent part of the services. However, during the last decade airport areas are so overcrowded that the security of flight lines decreased and therefore they started to use other types of radars. Accidents on airport runways are very unusual and are caused by heavy traffic, human error or reduced visibility. To try preventing these risks airports radars were developed and applied which function is to monitor the situation on several airport areas. In a conclusion these radars are not exact enough so they can not monitor the situation on big airports by itself. According to the proposal of international organization ICAO the system “Surface movement guidance and control system” (SMGCS) was developed. Nowadays it is called “Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control system” (A-SMGCS). Thanks to this system the security has been largely increased and strongly progressed compared to airport radars.