Customer:
Ports of Jersey, Jersey Airport
Description:
System Design and installation of fully IP connected Air Traffic Control Contingency Facility
Date:
July 2017
Systems Supplied:
Voice Control and Communication System
Voice Recorder
Emergency Radio
Master Clock
Status Monitor
AFTN
Jersey Airport Contingency ATC Facility
Jersey Airport’s Business Continuity Plan required a resilient operational capability to mitigate the effects of a catastrophic event in the existing ATC Building. In such an emergency its new ATC Contingency Facility will allow Radar Services to be provided in the Channel Islands Airspace with minimal interruption from within a building close to the airport.
Reference
Jersey Airport
St Peter
Jersey
JE1 1BY
Channel Islands
Contact:
Mr Mick Rabet
Air Traffic Engineering
Phone: +44(0)1534 446131
Ports of Jersey turned to SIL to deliver this ‘turnkey’ project that included an ATC Operations Room and Equipment Room. The whole project was managed by SIL through to full operational approval by the Channel Islands Director of Civil Aviation as a Contingency Facility in 2017.
SIL were involved from the project’s inception by providing full ATC system design. The Contingency Facility is unique in the UK being a fully IP connected system, and proposes to be one of the first true ‘Digital Tower’ concepts to go into operation in the UK.
The SIL project team ran the equipment procurement process, writing and issuing specifications and jointly evaluating multiple tenders along with the Jersey Airport management team. SIL’s highly skilled installation team installed the state-of-the-art systems, on time and in budget.
Following this major investment by Ports of Jersey they can now manage air traffic, provide meteorological services and oversee the air traffic management communication and navigation services within the Channel Islands Airspace. In June 2017 it was the first airport in the world to receive the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Air Navigation Service Provider Certificate following an award ceremony at the joint US Federal Aviation and EASA Safety Conference.
For more information regarding the ATC Contingency Facility or any of the products used in our Jersey project, then please contact our expert team today using our enquiry form or call +44 (0)1483 267 066
