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IDS4 is especially designed to
meet the information needs of air traffic control personnel.
This integrated data collection, distribution, and display
system supplies static reference data, as well as automatic updates of
rapidly-changing, critical information to air traffic
controllers, their supervisors, and related personnel.
Target Use Facilities:
Air traffic control towers, radar approach control facilities,
enroute centers, automated flight service stations, maintenance
control complexes, training facilities, airport operations,
airlines, satellite airports, military bases, airport
management, etc. Adaptable for large or small facilities.
Facts:
At present, there are 148 IDS4 systems in the field,
encompassing approximately 280 airports and 400 FAA facilities.
These systems consist of approximately 2500 IDS4 workstations,
33 External Data Interface (EDI) systems, 9 System Interface
Units (SIU), and over 250 interface connections to other FAA and
NWS systems. In terms of units fielded, this constitutes one of
the largest of the FAA’s systems.
IDS4 is an integrated data collection, distribution, and display
system especially designed to meet the information needs of air
traffic control personnel. IDS4 provides a set of software tools
that allow local facility personnel to plan, create, update, and
use an individualized database of information based upon their
local requirements.
The system displays reference data, such as maps, charts,
diagrams, procedures, etc. At locations where IDS4 is equipped
with external data interfaces, the system also displays
automatic updates of live data collected from NWS and/or NAS
data sources. These include but are not limited to: AFOS\AWIPs,
ASOS, CLOCK, DASI, FDIO, LLWAS or LLWAS-NE, RVR, TDWR Graphical
Weather Display and WARP.
IDS4 data is distributed over a system of LAN/WAN networks
connecting many workstations, which may be located within a
single facility, throughout an airport, or over a wide
geographical area, linking host facilities with remote sites for
data exchange.
IDS4 originated as a product almost exclusively for air traffic
control but has evolved into a product that can serve many
different sectors of the aviation industry simultaneously.
Facilities using IDS4 include air traffic control towers, radar
approach control facilities, enroute centers, automated flight
service stations, maintenance control complexes, training
facilities, airlines, satellite airports, airport management and
operations, military bases, the FAA Technical Center, and the
FAA Logistics Center.
At many IDS4 locations, airlines, airports, military bases, and
other aviation entities purchase workstations to tie in to the
FAA-owned IDS4 systems (e.g., ANC, SLC, ORD, DEN, SEA, LAS, STL,
MCI and others) for data access. This automates communication
between air traffic control and other organizations, reducing
the number of phone calls required to exchange information. In
some cases, the FAA has actually purchased IDS4 workstations for
non-FAA organizations.
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IDS5-Information Display System 5
IDS4-Information Display System 4
FPAS-Flight Progress Automation
System
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