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R in a Circle (Airport Surveillance Radar) on VFR charts



 
 
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Old May 7th 04, 04:24 AM
Teacherjh
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The symbol indicates where the ASR is located, of course radar services are
available at other airports within range. Typically 30 miles or more.


All well and good, but the pilot needs to know whether services are available
at the airport of intended landing. To scour the thirty miles of nearby
airrports for an (R) makes more work for the pilot (though less work for the
cartographer.

Jose

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Old May 7th 04, 10:53 AM
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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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All well and good, but the pilot needs to know whether services
are available at the airport of intended landing.


Why?


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Old May 7th 04, 02:36 PM
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All well and good, but the pilot needs to know whether services
are available at the airport of intended landing.


Why?


Because that's the airport he intends to land at.

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Old May 7th 04, 07:22 PM
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Because that's the airport he intends to land at.


He can't land if there's no radar at the airport of intended landing?


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Old May 7th 04, 11:50 PM
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Because that's the airport he intends to land at.


He can't land if there's no radar at the airport of intended landing?


He can't get radar services if there are no radar services at the airport of
intended landing. So he needs to know if there are radar services at that
airport. He doesn't need to know if the radar providing those services is
physically located there (which is what the (R) would tell you)

Jose



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Old May 8th 04, 12:25 AM
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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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He can't get radar services if there are no radar services at the
airport of intended landing. So he needs to know if there are
radar services at that airport. He doesn't need to know if the
radar providing those services is physically located there (which
is what the (R) would tell you)


So radar services are provided only to the airport with the R?


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Old May 8th 04, 02:43 AM
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So radar services are provided only to the airport with the R?

No. Which is why the (R) is not as useful as it could be.

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