{"id":14530,"date":"2025-06-07T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/?p=14530"},"modified":"2025-07-20T07:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:08:11","slug":"ground-based-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/ground-based-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Based Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Ground Radar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>Types of Primary Ground Radars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ground based Primary Radars are used in Air Traffic Control<\/li><li>Area Surveillance Radar (RSR)<\/li><li>En-route Surveillance Radar (Same as RSR)<\/li><li>Terminal Surveillance Radar (TSR)<\/li><li>Aerodrome Surveillance Radar (ASR)<\/li><li>Precision Surveillance Radar (PAR)<\/li><li>Aerodrome Surveillance Detection Equipment (ADSE)<\/li><li>Airport Surface Movement Radar (Same as ASDE)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Area (En-route) Surveillance Radar (RSR)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Area Surveillance Radars are long-range radars<\/li><li>Used by Area Control Centre (ACC) for monitoring air routes<\/li><li>Frequency: 600 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 3000 MHz<\/li><li>Wavelength: 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 Cm<\/li><li>PRF: 250 PPS<\/li><li>Pulse Length: 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 4 Micro Seconds<\/li><li>Ariel Rotation Rate: 5 Rotations Per Minute (RPM)<\/li><li>Maximum Range: 200 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 300 NM<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Terminal Surveillance Area Radar (TSR)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Terminal Surveillance Radars are medium-range radars<\/li><li>Used to maintain separation in Terminal Maintenance Area (TMA)<\/li><li>Frequency: 600 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 3000 MHz<\/li><li>Wavelength: 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 Cm<\/li><li>PRF: 500 PPS<\/li><li>Pulse Length: 1.5 &#8211; 2 Micro Seconds<\/li><li>Ariel Rotation Rate: 15 Rotations Per Minute (RPM)<\/li><li>Maximum Range: 75 &#8211; 100 NM<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Aerodrome Surveillance Radar (ASR \/ SRE)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Aerodrome Surveillance Radar are called as Surveillance Radar Equipment<\/li><li>SRE are shorter range radars used by approach control<\/li><li>Provides vectors to aircraft on approach if required<\/li><li>Monitor aircraft until established on ILS Localiser<\/li><li>Frequency: 10 GHz<\/li><li>Wavelength: 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 Cm<\/li><li>PRF: 1000 &#8211; 2000 PPS<\/li><li>Pulse Length: 0.5 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 0.8 Micro Seconds<\/li><li>Ariel Rotation Rate: 30 Rotations Per Minute (RPM)<\/li><li>Maximum Range: 25 Nm (20 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 30 Nm)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Precision Approach Radar (PAR)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Precision Approach Radars are very short-range radars<\/li><li>Provides precision approach to aircraft on military airfields<\/li><li>PAR consists of two radars co-located to provide azimuth and elevation<\/li><li>Provides Talk Down or Continuous Instructions until touch-down<\/li><li>Frequency: 10 GHz<\/li><li>Wavelength: 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 Cm<\/li><li>PRF: More Than 1000 PPS<\/li><li>Pulse Length: 0.5 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 0.8 Micro Seconds<\/li><li>Ariel Rotation Rate: Scan a sector at 120 times per minute<\/li><li>Maximum Range: Less than 25 Nm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Airport Surface Detection Equipment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Airport Surface Movement Radar or Airfield Surface Movement Indicator or Aerodrome Surface Detection Equipment helps in monitoring airfields<\/li><li>Provides position of aircraft and vehicles on ground<\/li><li>ASDE has a very narrow Beam Width and providing High Resolution<\/li><li>Frequency: 15 &#8211; 17 GHz<\/li><li>Wavelength: 2 Cm<\/li><li>PRF: MORE THAN 10,000 PPS<\/li><li>Pulse Length: 0.03 (1\/300) Micro Seconds<\/li><li>Ariel Rotation Rate: 60 RPM<\/li><li>Maximum Range: Less than 5 Nm<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Best of luck<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ground Radar Types of Primary Ground Radars Ground based Primary Radars are used in Air Traffic Control Area Surveillance Radar (RSR) En-route Surveillance Radar (Same as RSR) Terminal Surveillance Radar (TSR) Aerodrome Surveillance Radar (ASR) Precision Surveillance Radar (PAR) Aerodrome Surveillance Detection Equipment (ADSE) Airport Surface Movement Radar (Same as ASDE) Area (En-route) Surveillance Radar (RSR) Area Surveillance Radars are long-range radars Used by Area Control Centre (ACC) for monitoring air routes Frequency: 600 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 3000 MHz Wavelength: 10 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 50 Cm PRF: 250 PPS Pulse Length: 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 4&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false},"categories":[326],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibexaviation.com\/pilot-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}