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Title: GULF OF MEXICO


1
GULF OF MEXICO AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
Navigation
Communications
Gulf of Mexico
Surveillance
Automation
Presentation to ARN-1, AND-1 and AND-300 Miriam
Santana, ANI-610 6 March 1998
2
Communications air-to-ground
Current
Future
? 9 VHF low altitude RCAG frequencies
serving 45 of Houston Offshore Sector ?
6 RCO frequencies serving the AFSSs at
Conroe and De Ridder
? Offshore site at Main Pass Block 120 to
serve Houston Offshore Sector ? 4 low altitude
UHF frequencies for MOAs ? RMM capabilities at
five offshore sites and one coastal site ?
5 RCO frequencies on offshore sites to serve
De Ridder AFSS ? Additional RCAG frequencies on
offshore sites to serve Houston Offshore
Sector
Offshore
? 7 VHF high altitude RCAG frequencies
serving 60 of Houston Oceanic Sectors ?
ARINC Gulfnet provides third party VHF/HF
voice relay communications
? ARINC VHF Extended Range Network with 2
US sites and 2 Mexico sites ? BCS with 2 buoys
moored at key strategic locations in the
Gulf ? Establish high altitude VHF at Galveston
to back up High Island ? RMM capabilities at
five offshore sites and one coastal site ?
Establish or relocate offshore sites deeper
in the Gulf ? Establish FAA owned platforms
Enroute
3
EXISTING VHF COVERAGE AT PLATFORM LEVEL
QIC
25
GLS
GNI
25
25
TZL
VRO
25
QHI
25
IVONE
PIL
BUFFI
25
25
VUW
25
EPSON
MINOW
ELIOM
GLS - GALVESTON GNI - GRAND ISLE PIL - BRAZOS
ISLAND QHI - EAST HIGH ISLAND QIC - INTRACOASTAL
CITY TZL - SOUTH TIMBALIER VRO - VERMILLION VUW
- EUGENE ISLAND
MARTE
SWORD
KEHLI
FRISH
NULEY
MYDIA
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
(1) Distances are in nautical miles (2)
Coverage limited by line-of-sight
4
FUTURE VHF COVERAGE AT PLATFORM LEVEL
QIC
25
GLS
25
GNI
25
MAIN PASS 120 BLOCK
25
25
TZL
VRO
25
25
25
QHI
25
IVONE
PIL
BUFFI
25
25
VUW
25
25
25
EPSON
MINOW
ELIOM
MARTE
SWORD
KEHLI
FRISH
GLS - GALVESTON GNI - GRAND ISLE PIL - BRAZOS
ISLAND QHI - EAST HIGH ISLAND QIC - INTRACOASTAL
CITY TZL - SOUTH TIMBALIER VRO - VERMILLION VUW
- EUGENE ISLAND
NULEY
MYDIA
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
(1) Distances are in nautical miles (2)
Coverage limited by line-of-sight
5
EXISTING VHF COVERAGE ABOVE 18,000 FT.
150
GNI
TZL
VUW
QHI
IVONE
BUFFI
180
VNC
180
180
180
EPSON
180
MINOW
QCM
180
180
ELIOM
MARTE
SWORD
KEHLI
FRISH
NULEY
MYDIA
GNI - GRAND ISLE QCM - CAMERON COUNTY QHI - EAST
HIGH ISLAND TZL - SOUTH TIMBALIER VNC -
VENICE VUW - EUGENE ISLAND
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
(1) Distances are in nautical miles. (2)
Beamwidths of antennas are at the 3 db power
points. (3) Receive levels are -87 dBm at the
antenna ports.
6
FUTURE VHF COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT.
150
GLS
GNI
VEN
TZL
QHI
VUW
IVONE
BUFFI
180
180
130
180
180
VNC
180
130
180
EPSON
180
MINOW
QCM
180
180
180
BUOY 1
180
ELIOM
BUOY 2
MARTE
SWORD
EYW
KEHLI
FRISH
CUN - CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO EYW - KEY WEST GNI -
GRAND ISLE MID1 - PROGRESO, YUCATAN QCM - CAMERON
COUNTY QHI - EAST HIGH ISLAND TZL - SOUTH
TIMBALIER VNC - VENICE, FL VEN - VENICE, LA VUW -
EUGENE ISLAND
NULEY
MYDIA
180
180
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
(1) Distances are in nautical miles. (2)
Beamwidths of antennas are at the 3 db power
points. (3) Receive levels are -87 dBm at the
antenna ports.
CUN
MID1
7
Navigation
Current
Future
? 5 high altitude VORs along the coast
cover ?5 of Houston Offshore Sector above
1,000ft ? Loran-C is currently used by
helicopters and general aviation aircraft
? Increased use of GPS for navigation ?
LORAN-C could potentially be used as a back
up navigational system ? The establishment of
WAAS will provide more precise approaches
for helicopters landing at coastal heliports
Offshore
? 5 high altitude VORs along the coast
cover ?5 of Houston Oceanic Sectors above
18,000ft
? Increased use of GPS for navigation ? The
establishment of WAAS reference stations
along the US and Mexico coasts may provide
sufficient corrections for enroute
applications in the Gulf
Enroute
8
EXISTING NAVIGATION COVERAGE 1K FT. TO 14.5K FT.
40
HRV
40
SBI
TBD
40
LEV
VUH
40
40
IVONE
BUFFI
MINOW
EPSON
ELIOM
KEHLI
MARTE
SWORD
HVY - HARVEY LEV - LEEVILLE SBI - SABINE PASS TBD
- TIBBY VUH - SCHOLES
FRISH
NULEY
MYDIA
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
1) Distances are in nautical miles 2) Distances
are based on the service volume per Order 6820.10
9
EXISTING NAVIGATION COVERAGE 18K FT. TO 45K FT.
HRV
SBI
TBD
LEV
VUH
130
130
IVONE
BUFFI
130
130
130
MINOW
EPSON
ELIOM
KEHLI
MARTE
SWORD
HVY - HARVEY LEV - LEEVILLE SBI - SABINE PASS TBD
- TIBBY VUH - SCHOLES
FRISH
NULEY
MYDIA
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
1) Distances are in nautical miles 2) Distances
are based on the service volume per Order 6820.10
10
WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM
Ground Earth Station
WAAS Master Station
GPS Satellites
Geostationary Communications Satellite
WAAS Reference Stations (US)
WAAS Reference Stations (Mexico)
Gulf of Mexico
11
Surveillance
Current
Future
? Establish an ASR-11 at Morgan City,
Louisiana ? Prototype for transmitting the
Aerostat blimp radar data or the Navys
Over-the-Horizon radar into the New
Orleans TRACON ? Develop and implement ADS-B
? 8 short range coastal and inland sites
feed the TRACONs to serve the helicopter
users approaching and departing their
landbases
Offshore
? 3 long range radars (LRR) cover 5 of
Houston Oceanic Sectors at 18,000ft
? Transmit the data from four LRR sites in
Florida to Houston ARTCC ? Transmit the Cancún
LRR data into the Houston ARTCC ? Transmit
a mosaic of LRR data from Houston ARTCC to
Monterrey and Mérida ACC ? Develop and
implement ADS-B ? Establish LRRs on FAA owned
Platforms
Enroute
12
EXISTING RADAR COVERAGE AT 1,000 FT.
BTR
LFT
LCH
HOU
MSY
BPT
30
30
30
30
30
30
HUB
30
IVONE
BUFFI
30
EPSON
MINOW
ELIOM
SWORD
MARTE
KEHLI
FRISH
BPT - BEAUMONT BTR - BATON ROUGE CRP - CORPUS
CHRISTI HOU - HOUSTON HUB - HOUSTON HOBBY LCH -
LAKE CHARLES LFT - LAFAYETTE
NULEY
MYDIA
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
(1) Distances are in nautical miles (2)
Coverage has been determined empirically
13
FUTURE RADAR COVERAGE AT 1,000 FT.
BTR
LFT
LCH
HOU
MSY
BPT
30
30
30
30
30
30
HUB
30
AEROSTAT
60
IVONE
BUFFI
30
EPSON
MINOW
ELIOM
SWORD
MARTE
KEHLI
FRISH
BPT - BEAUMONT BTR - BATON ROUGE CRP - CORPUS
CHRISTI HOU - HOUSTON HUB - HOUSTON HOBBY LCH -
LAKE CHARLES LFT - LAFAYETTE
NULEY
MYDIA
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Notes
(1) Distances are in nautical miles (2)
Coverage has been determined empirically
14
FUTURE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE ADS-B
HOUSTON
BROWNSVILLE
OFFSHORE LOW-ALTITUDE (gt300 ft)
Position Information
Gulf of Mexico
15
EXISTING RADAR COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT.
NEW
LCH
HOU
QNA
150
IVONE
BUFFI
150
QZA
150
150
MINOW
EPSON
150
ELIOM
SWORD
KEHLI
MARTE
FRISH
NULEY
MYDIA
HOU - HOUSTON LCH - LAKE CHARLES NEW -
SLIDELL QNA - MORALES QZA - OILTON
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Note
(1) Distances are in nautical miles
16
FUTURE RADAR COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT.
150
NEW
LCH
PAM
150
HOU
QNA
CTY
IVONE
BUFFI
150
150
QJT
QZA
150
150
150
MINOW
EPSON
150
ELIOM
SWORD
KEHLI
MARTE
EYW
FRISH
NULEY
MYDIA
150
CUN - CANCUN CTY - CROSS CITY EYW - KEY WEST HOU
- HOUSTON LCH - LAKE CHARLES NEW - SLIDELL PAM -
PANAMA CITY QNA - MORALES QZA - OILTON QJT - FT.
GREEN
150
Oceanic FIRs Sector Boundary Intersections Note
(1) Distances are in nautical miles
CUN
17
FUTURE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE ADS-B
HOUSTON
BROWNSVILLE
BUOY 1
Position Information
BUOY 2
OCEANIC HIGH ALTITUDE (gt18 kft)
BUOY N
MERIDA
GPS Satellites
UNITED STATES
MEXICO
MIAMI
CUBA
18
FUTURE MOSAIC DATA EXCHANGE CONCEPTFAA TO SENEAM
(ZHU TO MTY AND MID)
A 20,000 square NMI area of radar sort boxes
(mosaic data) sent to MID ACC from ZHU
A 20,000 square NMI area of radar sort boxes
(mosaic data) sent to MTY ACC from ZHU

ZHU
QNA
QZA
EYW

MTY ACC
LEGEND EYW - KEY WEST MID - MERIDA,
YUCATAN MTY - MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON QNA -
MORALES QZA - OILTON ZHU - HOUSTON ARTCC
MID ACC
- ARSR-4 INSTALLATION
19
Automation
Current
Future
? Most clearances to offshore helicopter
operations must be relayed through third
party vendors, others through Flight
Service Stations
? Develop prototype for an automated
helicopter Flight Progress Reporting
System ? MicroEARTS to integrate all
surveillance and automation capabilities in
the Gulf
Offshore
? Most of the flight plan information
between Houston and Mexico handled
manually ? Flight plan information with Mexico
is passed primarily through
interfacility voice lines and AFTN/NADIN
? Develop and implement a host-to-host
flight data interface to exchange data
between Houston Center, Mérida, and
Monterrey ACCs ? 2 independent 19.2kbps lines
using X.25 protocol for AFTN and
automation data, one line over a satellite
link (MEXSAT or MEVA), and another one
using a terrestrial path
Enroute
20
Offshore Flight Progress Reporting System
LFT
ARA
7R4
TBD
LLA
0
A0
B0
C0
A02
B02
C02
D02
E02
G02
A02
B02
C02
D02
E02
G02
F02
F02
A08
B08
C08
DO8
E08
G08
F08
A08
B08
C08
D08
E08
G08
F08
A10
B10
C10
D10
E10
G10
F10
A10
B10
C10
D10
E10
G10
F10
F12
A12
B12
C12
D12
E12
G12
21
FLIGHT DATA EXCHANGE NAS to ICAO Interface
SLC
19.2 KBPS
ATN/AFTN
ZHU
MTY ACC
MEX
MID ACC

MEXSAT or MEVA
22
GULF OF MEXICO AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
Gulf of Mexico
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