Sensor head
- Height
- –
- Size
- –
- Mounting
- Top of mast
Digital tower
Technical specifications
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General
- Height50–150 ft AGL
- Footprint20 × 20 ft
- Cameras14–18 4K panoramic + 2–4 PTZ
- Latency< 1 s
- Operation24/7
- OriginDesigned and built in the USA
Sensors
- Panoramic cameras
- 14–18 × 4K, fixed, full airfield view
- PTZ cameras
- 2–4, pan-tilt-zoom, track aircraft
- Thermal cameras
- Optional
- VHF radios
- Monitor and transmit all relevant frequencies
- ADS-B
- Ground station for aircraft positions
- Microphone
- Ambient airfield audio, quantitative noise monitoring
- Weather station
- Certified or non-certified AWOS
- Light gun
- Backup signals if aircraft or tower radios fail
- Obstruction light
- L-810 steady red, top and sides of mast if needed
Dimensions
Mast
- Height
- 50–150 ft
- Size
- –
- Mounting
- Roof or ground
Base
- Height
- –
- Size
- 20 × 20 ft
- Mounting
- Concrete pad, fenced
Siting
- To runway
- ≥ 475–1,175 ft · 145–358 m, by mast height
- To taxiway
- ≥ 45 ft · 13.7 m
- To parking
- ≥ 40 ft · 12.2 m
- To buildings
- Sited to preserve sightlines to all active areas
- Basis
- FAA minimums for small aircraft (ADG I)
- Final position
- Set by the FAA siting process
Weather & seismic
- Wind
- Survives 100 mph, any direction
- Ice loading
- Per ASCE Manual 74
- Seismic
- Per NEHRP provisions, FEMA P-2082
- Lightning
- Grounding and surge per FAA-STD-019
- Operating temperature
- Per FAA-G-2100, outdoor
Power & data
- Power supply
- AC, independent feeds
- Backup
- UPS, instant switchover
- Power draw
- –
- Network
- Closed point-to-point fiber, no wireless
- Failover
- Automatic within 3 s
- Encryption
- FIPS-validated VPN, multi-factor access
Control center
- Displays
- 3 standard monitors
- Hardware
- Standard computers
- Positions
- Two controller positions minimum
- Location
- On-site or remote center
- Recording
- Audio and video, kept 45 days
- Staffing
- One controller per airport
