# Presentation: 340036

## GULF OF MEXICO 

**GULF OF MEXICO**** **
**AN INTEGRATED APPROACH**

**Presentation to ARN-1, AND-1 and AND-300 **
**Miriam Santana, ANI-610**
**6 March 1998**

**Navigation**

**Surveillance**

**Automation**

**Gulf of Mexico**

**Communications**

## Communications

**Communications**
**	****air-to-ground**

**Current**

**Future**

**Offshore**

**Enroute**

****  9 VHF low altitude RCAG
-      frequencies serving ~45% of
-      Houston Offshore Sector
****  6 RCO frequencies serving the
-      AFSS’s at Conroe and De Ridder

****  7 VHF high altitude RCAG
-       frequencies serving ~60% of
-       Houston Oceanic Sectors
****** ** ARINC Gulfnet provides third
-      party VHF/HF voice relay
-      communications

****  Offshore site at  Main Pass Block
-      120 to serve  Houston Offshore Sector
****  4 low altitude UHF frequencies for MOA’s
****  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

****  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

## EXISTING VHF COVERAGE AT PLATFORM LEVEL

**EXISTING VHF COVERAGE AT PLATFORM LEVEL**

- GLS

- GNI

- QHI

- VUW

- TZL

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- FRISH

- NULEY

- MARTE

- KEHLI

- EPSON

- BUFFI

- IVONE

- GLS - GALVESTON
- GNI - GRAND ISLE
- PIL - BRAZOS ISLAND
- QHI - EAST HIGH ISLAND
- QIC - INTRACOASTAL CITY
- TZL - SOUTH TIMBALIER
- VRO - VERMILLION
- VUW - EUGENE ISLAND

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Notes:
- (1) Distances are in nautical miles
- (2) Coverage limited by line-of-sight

- QIC

- PIL

- VRO

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

## FUTURE VHF COVERAGE AT PLATFORM LEVEL

**FUTURE VHF COVERAGE AT PLATFORM LEVEL**

- GLS

- GNI

- MAIN PASS 120 BLOCK

- VUW

- TZL

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- FRISH

- NULEY

- MARTE

- KEHLI

- EPSON

- BUFFI

- IVONE

- GLS - GALVESTON
- GNI - GRAND ISLE
- PIL - BRAZOS ISLAND
- QHI - EAST HIGH ISLAND
- QIC - INTRACOASTAL CITY
- TZL - SOUTH TIMBALIER
- VRO - VERMILLION
- VUW - EUGENE ISLAND

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Notes:
- (1) Distances are in nautical miles
- (2) Coverage limited by line-of-sight

- QIC

- PIL

- VRO

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- QHI

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

- 25

## EXISTING VHF COVERAGE ABOVE 18,000 FT. 

**EXISTING VHF COVERAGE ABOVE 18,000 FT. **

- 150

- 180

- 180

- 180

- 180

- QCM

- GNI

- VNC

- QHI

- VUW

- TZL

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- FRISH

- NULEY

- MARTE

- EPSON

- BUFFI

- IVONE

- GNI - GRAND ISLE
- QCM - CAMERON COUNTY
- QHI - EAST HIGH ISLAND
- TZL - SOUTH TIMBALIER
- VNC - VENICE
- VUW - EUGENE ISLAND

- 180

- 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.

- KEHLI

## FUTURE VHF COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT. 

**FUTURE VHF COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT. **

- 180

- 180

- 180

- QCM

- GNI

- VNC

- TZL

- BUFFI

- 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

- 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.

- VEN

- EYW

- CUN

- MID1

- 180

- 180

- IVONE

- EPSON

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- 180

- MYDIA

- FRISH

- KEHLI

- NULEY

- SWORD

- MARTE

- 150

- 130

- 130

- BUOY 2

- BUOY 1

- 180

- QHI

- VUW

- GLS

- 180

- 180

- 180

- 180

## Navigation

****  5 high altitude VOR’s along the
-      coast cover 5% of Houston
-      Offshore Sector above 1,000ft
******  **Loran-C is currently used by
-      helicopters and general aviation
-      aircraft

****  5 high altitude VOR’s along the
-      coast cover 5% of Houston
-      Oceanic Sectors above 18,000ft

**Offshore**

**Current**

**Future**

**Enroute**

****  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

****  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

**Navigation**

## EXISTING NAVIGATION COVERAGE 1K FT. TO 14.5K FT.

- HRV

**EXISTING NAVIGATION COVERAGE 1K FT. TO 14.5K FT.**

- TBD

- SBI

- VUH

- LEV

- HVY - HARVEY
- LEV - LEEVILLE
- SBI - SABINE PASS
- TBD - TIBBY
- VUH - SCHOLES

- 40

- BUFFI

- IVONE

- MINOW

- EPSON

- ELIOM

- FRISH

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- KEHLI

- NULEY

- MARTE

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Notes:
- 1)  Distances are in nautical miles
- 2) Distances are based on the service volume per Order 6820.10

- 40

- 40

- 40

- 40

## EXISTING NAVIGATION COVERAGE 18K FT. TO 45K FT.

- HRV

**EXISTING NAVIGATION COVERAGE 18K FT. TO 45K FT.**

- TBD

- SBI

- VUH

- LEV

- HVY - HARVEY
- LEV - LEEVILLE
- SBI - SABINE PASS
- TBD - TIBBY
- VUH - SCHOLES

- 130

- 130

- 130

- 130

- 130

- BUFFI

- IVONE

- MINOW

- EPSON

- ELIOM

- FRISH

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- KEHLI

- NULEY

- MARTE

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Notes:
- 1)  Distances are in nautical miles
- 2) Distances are based on the service volume per Order 6820.10

## WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM

**WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM**

- GPS Satellites

- Geostationary Communications Satellite

- Ground Earth Station

- WAAS Reference Stations (US)

- WAAS Master Station

- WAAS Reference Stations (Mexico)

**Gulf of Mexico**

**Notes:**
In addition, in order to provide continuous WAAS coverage and integrity in the southern portion of the US, it will benefit both countries to have WAAS reference stations across the border in Mexico tied in via landlines to our network and master stations.

## Surveillance

****  3 long range radars (LRR) cover
-      ~5% of Houston Oceanic Sectors
-      at 18,000ft

******  **Establish an ASR-11 at Morgan City,
-      Louisiana
****  Prototype for transmitting the Aerostat
-      blimp radar data or the Navy’s
-      Over-the-Horizon radar into the New
-      Orleans TRACON
******  **Develop and implement ADS-B

******  **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 LRR’s on FAA owned
-      Platforms

**Offshore**

**Current**

**Future**

**Enroute**

****  8 short range coastal and inland
-      sites feed the TRACON’s to serve
-      the helicopter users approaching
-      and departing their landbases

**Surveillance**

## EXISTING RADAR COVERAGE AT 1,000 FT.

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- FRISH

- NULEY

- MARTE

- KEHLI

- EPSON

- IVONE

- HOU

- BTR

- LCH

**EXISTING RADAR COVERAGE AT 1,000 FT.**

- BPT

- HUB

- LFT

- MSY

- 30

- 30

- 30

- 30

- 30

- 30

- 30

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Notes:
- (1) Distances are in nautical miles
- (2) Coverage has been determined empirically

- BPT - BEAUMONT
- BTR - BATON ROUGE
- CRP - CORPUS CHRISTI
- HOU - HOUSTON
- HUB - HOUSTON HOBBY
- LCH - LAKE CHARLES
- LFT - LAFAYETTE

- BUFFI

- 30

## FUTURE RADAR COVERAGE AT 1,000 FT.

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- FRISH

- NULEY

- MARTE

- KEHLI

- EPSON

- IVONE

- HOU

- BTR

- LCH

**FUTURE RADAR COVERAGE AT 1,000 FT.**

- BPT

- HUB

- LFT

- MSY

- 30

- 30

- 30

- 30

- 30

- 30

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Notes:
- (1) Distances are in nautical miles
- (2) Coverage has been determined empirically

- BPT - BEAUMONT
- BTR - BATON ROUGE
- CRP - CORPUS CHRISTI
- HOU - HOUSTON
- HUB - HOUSTON HOBBY
- LCH - LAKE CHARLES
- LFT - LAFAYETTE

- BUFFI

- 30

- 60

- AEROSTAT

- 30

## FUTURE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE ADS-B

**FUTURE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE ADS-B**

**HOUSTON**

**OFFSHORE**
**LOW-ALTITUDE**
**(>300 ft)**

**BROWNSVILLE +**

- Position Information

***Gulf of Mexico***

## EXISTING RADAR COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT.

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- FRISH

- NULEY

- KEHLI

- EPSON

- IVONE

- QZA

- HOU

- NEW

- QNA

- LCH

**EXISTING RADAR COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT.**

- HOU - HOUSTON
- LCH - LAKE CHARLES
- NEW - SLIDELL
- QNA - MORALES
- QZA - OILTON

- 150

- 150

- 150

- 150

- BUFFI

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Note:
- (1) Distances are in nautical miles

- 150

- MARTE

## FUTURE RADAR COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT.

- MINOW

- ELIOM

- MYDIA

- SWORD

- FRISH

- NULEY

- KEHLI

- EPSON

- IVONE

- QZA

- HOU

- NEW

- QNA

- LCH

**FUTURE RADAR COVERAGE AT 18,000 FT.**

- 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

- 150

- 150

- 150

- BUFFI

- Oceanic FIRs
- Sector Boundary
- Intersections
- Note:
- (1) Distances are in nautical miles

- 150

- MARTE

- CTY

- 150

- EYW

- 150

- 150

- PAM

- 150

- 150

- CUN

- QJT

## FUTURE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE ADS-B

**BUOY 1**

**BUOY 2**

**BUOY N**

**HOUSTON**

**OCEANIC**
**HIGH ALTITUDE**
**(>18 kft)**

**FUTURE AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE ADS-B**

***MEXICO***

***UNITED****** STATES***

- GPS Satellites

- Position Information

**BROWNSVILLE +**

**MERIDA +**

**+ MIAMI**

**CUBA**

## FUTURE MOSAIC DATA EXCHANGE CONCEPTFAA TO SENEAM (ZHU TO MTY AND MID)

- +** ****QZA**

**+ MTY**
**   ****ACC**

**FUTURE MOSAIC DATA EXCHANGE CONCEPT****FAA TO SENEAM (ZHU TO MTY AND MID)**

**-  ARSR-4 INSTALLATION**

**LEGEND****:**
**EYW - KEY WEST**
**MID - MERIDA, YUCATAN**
**MTY****	****- MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON**
**QNA - MORALES**
**QZA - OILTON**
**ZHU - HOUSTON ARTCC**

- A 20,000 square NMI area of
- radar sort boxes (mosaic data)
- sent to MTY ACC from ZHU

**ZHU**

**QNA +**

- +

- A 20,000 square NMI area of
- radar sort boxes (mosaic data)
- sent to MID ACC from ZHU

- +** ****EYW**

**+ ****MID**
**   ****ACC**

## Automation

**Offshore**

**Current**

**Future**

**Enroute**

******  **Most clearances to offshore
-      helicopter operations must be
-      relayed through third party vendors,
-      others through Flight Service
-      Stations

****  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 prototype for an automated
-      helicopter Flight Progress Reporting
-      System
******  **MicroEARTS to integrate all
-      surveillance and automation
-      capabilities in the Gulf

****  Develop and implement a host-to-host
-      flight data interface to exchange data
-      between Houston Center, Mérida,
-      and Monterrey ACC’s
******  **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

**Automation**

## Offshore Flight Progress Reporting System

- LLA

- LFT

- TBD

**Offshore Flight Progress Reporting System**

- ARA

- 7R4

- A02

- B02

- C02

- D02

- E02

- G02

- A08

- B08

- C08

- D08

- E08

- G08

- A10

- B10

- C10

- D10

- E10

- G10

- 0

- A02

- B02

- C02

- D02

- E02

- G02

- A08

- B08

- C08

- DO8

- E08

- G08

- A10

- B10

- C10

- D10

- E10

- G10

- A12

- B12

- C12

- D12

- E12

- G12

- F12

- F02

- F08

- F10

- A0

- B0

- C0

- F02

- F08

- F10

## FLIGHT DATA EXCHANGE:   NAS to ICAO Interface

**+  MID ACC**

**+****  ****ZHU**

**FLIGHT DATA EXCHANGE:   NAS to ICAO Interface**

- + SLC

- MEXSAT or MEVA

- ATN/AFTN

- MEX

**+**

- 19.2 KBPS

**+  MTY ACC**

## GULF OF MEXICO 

**GULF OF MEXICO**** **
**AN INTEGRATED APPROACH**

**Gulf of Mexico**