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Olympic Support Equipment

Presentation to HAC 29 April 2010

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Purpose

• To discuss the ANS infrastructure put in place for Olympic support– ongoing needs– possible redeployment

• To solicit your views on the way forward

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Olympic Equipment

• Installed to support both aviation operational and security requirements during the Olympic period

• Olympic website, Air Security Operations Coordination Centre (ASOCC) and Vancouver Area Control Specialities were closed down effective 12 March 2010.

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2010 Olympic Equipment Installations

• 32 Sea to Sky MLAT sites

• 10 PAL sites Abbotsford, Boundary Bay, Mt. Parke, Bowen Island, Alice Lake, Black Tusk, Alta Lake, Pemberton and Surrey ACC (2)

• 2 ATIS sites Bruce Peak and Black Tusk

• 7 Weather Camera sites Pemberton, Rutherford creek, Whistle Muni, MSC

Radar, Garibaldi, Cheakamus Canyon and Squamish

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Weather Cameras

• Weather Camera located at MSC Radar site must be relocated– Propose redeployment to

Function Junction, BC

• Propose retaining the following WX cameras at their current location– Cheakamus Canyon Tower– Whistler Municipal Heliport– Garibaldi Tower– Squamish Airport– Pemberton (stays as part of the

Digital Aviation Weather Camera project)

• Remove– Rutherford Creek

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PALs (Communications)

• Retain in current location– Abbotsford– Boundary Bay– Bowen Island

• Remove and Store– Mt Parke– Alice Lake– Black Tusk– Alta Lake– Pemberton (Relocate VOTER system to Bowen

Island)– Surrey ACC (2)

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MLATSea-to-Sky

• Was required for lower level surveillance of Olympic traffic

• Airspace is normally uncontrolled or Class E but was made Class F for Olympic period

• Pre-Olympic airspace structure reinstated and Olympic VTA withdrawn

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MLAT Sea-to-Sky

• VR ACC is not manned to monitor this airspace

• Operational requirement to provide surveillance does not exist

– Design of existing ACC sectors is based on current airspace structure

– Little ongoing traffic in Sea-to-Sky corridor

• Retention of the MLAT would require extension of current 32 land lease arrangements at significant cost

– Lease arrangement due to expire 30 June 2010

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MLAT Possibilities for redeployment

• Other potential opportunities to redeploy sensors in British Columbia– 4 additional sensors to augment Vancouver Harbour MLAT

system– 6 sensors to address existing surveillance gaps and improve

coverage in the Langley and Pitt Meadows Control Zones• Other potential sites for redeployment would be subject

to a positive business/safety case. Potential relocation sites include:– Kelowna/Penticton, BC– Sioux Lookout, ON– Fredericton, NB

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Other

• ATIS – Remove and store

• Bruce Peak• Black Tusk

• System Hardware– Redeploy in the Vancouver ACC

• IIDS Workstations• ETMS Workstation

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Summary

• Retain or Relocate within BC Lower Mainland– 5 weather cameras– 3 PALs– 10 MLAT sites– All System Hardware

• Remove and Store– 1 weather camera– 4 PALs– 2 ATIS– 22 MLAT sensors

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