Watford City Air Force Station

Watford City Air Force Station
Part of
1960-1967: Air Defense Command
197x-present: Joint Surveillance System
McKenzie County, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°40′44″N 103°46′50″W / 47.67889°N 103.78056°W / 47.67889; -103.78056
Type FAA Ground Equipment Facility
Site information
Owner FAA
Controlled by Federal Aviation Administration

Watford City Air Force Station is a United States Air Force installation located about 40 km southwest of Watford City, North Dakota. It is the site of an ARSR-4 radar system, which provides air traffic surveillance along the US-Canada border, as well as limited weather radar data.

History

Established as United States Air Force gap-filler station TM-177B (47°40′43″N 103°46′50″W) with an unmanned Bendix AN/FPS-18 Radar providing data through Dickinson Air Force Station/706th Aircraft Control and Warning (later Radar) Squadron (Minot AFS/786RS after Dickinson closed in 1965), the current facility was activated c. 1979 as a Joint Surveillance System facility with an Air Route Surveillance Radar.

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