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Airport Location Incorrect

Posted By: Tom Hultquist
Date: 15-December-04 2124Z

I noticed that the TAMDAR data for Sawyer International Airport (MQT) is using an incorrect location (at least in the AWIPS localization files provided through MADIS/FSL). The lat/lon/elevation in the localization files is for the old Marquette, MI airport, before it was relocated to K.I. Sawyer. Although the airport identifier for airlines remains MQT, the METAR ID is now SAW and the location is about 10 miles away. You can actually see this on the web displays from FSL, where it shows the path of the aircraft on the sounding inset (it never gets to the center of the inset). I'm not sure if this has an impact on any internal processing being done by FSL or AirDat, but AWIPS users will want to modify the lat/lon/elevation information for MQT in the .goodness file. The correct information is: latitude: 46.3536250 longitude: -87.3953528 elevation: 372.2 m

Messages In This Thread

Airport Location Incorrect -- Tom Hultquist -- 15-December-04 2124Z

Re: Airport Location Incorrect -- Bill Moninger -- 15-December-04 2143Z

Re: Airport Location Incorrect -- Tom Hultquist -- 15-December-04 2216Z