Modern society is effectively impossible without mass air travel. Around 1.5 million people fly every day just in the United States, and major airport management is no less complicated than running a city or an aircraft carrier. The job would be impossible without technological advancements such as ARTS, but that tech is extremely old by modern standards. Most airports are switching to the new standard terminal automation replacement system (STARS), creating quite a bit of electronic waste.
The Benefits of STARS
The terminal automation modernization and replacement (TAMR) program has been replacing outdated equipment for over a decade and is expected to be completed in all TRACONs by 2020. The new system has numerous features, including:
- Increasing safety and reducing costs throughout the national air space.
- Process target, weather and non-target reports simultaneously.
- Create infrastructure to simplify maintenance.
- Provide an advanced user interface with more data that’s better organized to avoid information overload.
- Automatic primary and secondary tracking for the enhanced traffic management system.
- Automatic proximity and low altitude warnings and sequencing of aircraft.
- Converging runway display aid (CRDA).
- Controller automation spacing aid (CASA).
- Radar vectoring for all departing and arriving traffic.
STARS uses an enhanced user-experience philosophy, automating everything possible and saving each controller’s preferences to allow their full attention on their airspace. The combination of CRDA and CASA can create “ghost” targets to assist in management of congested terminal environments. Smaller TRACONs will use STARS ELITE, a similar system but with less redundancy essential to very busy airspaces.
TAMR is one part of the FAA’s NextGen infrastructure upgrades. Along with ADS-B, data communications upgrades, en-route automatization modernization, NAS voice and system-wide information management, the goal is to retain and improve the unparalleled safety of the United States’ NAS without crippling costs for airports.
Tons of Electronic Waste
Experts have been warning about the dangers of increased airspace crowding for many years, and STARS is a big step towards better management. However, as the deadline approaches, all that e-waste may add to the nation’s landfill crises. In some areas, putting it in landfills is illegal, but in all cases it’s harmful for the environment.
Fortunately, the solution is simple and straight-forward: call an electronic waste management firm, like TechWaste Recycling, that specializes in airports. TechWaste is certified to handle all your e-waste at no cost to you. They offer free pickup and can, in some cases, even pay you for waste that is re-usable.
Each commercial account is provided a personal electronics recycling account representative to identify your specific needs. Their Zero Landfill Policy ensures that your airport is meeting sustainable goals and following all local, state and federal laws.
TechWaste Recycling directly services all of Southern California and provides pickup services to its airports and aerospace facilities from nationwide locations. Visit TechWaste Recycling’s website at www.techwasterecycling.com to schedule a pickup that works for your convenience and schedule.
Learn more about TechWaste’s aerospace and airport electronics recycling process here: Aerospace Industry Equipment Recycling and Decommissioning Services
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