Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System is a system at airports having a surveillance infrastructure consisting of a Non-Cooperative Surveillance (e.g. SMR, Microwave Sensors, Optical Sensors etc.) and Cooperative Surveillance (e.g. Multilateration systems). A-SMGCS has 4 levels,A-SMGCS on Skybrary level 1 and 2 have been validated by EUROCONTROL Airport Operations and Environment division in Eurocontrol located in Brussels, Belgium and work is ongoing to verify requirements for further implementation levels in coordination with ICAO, FAA etc. It uses the aircraft’s transponder transmission as the primary indication of airborne status.
ICAO Definition ICAO Doc 9830 defines A-SMGCS as follows:
Advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS). A system providing routing, guidance and surveillance for the control of aircraft and vehicles in order to maintain the declared surface movement rate under all weather conditions within the aerodrome visibility operational level (AVOL) while maintaining the required level of safety.
Airports with FAA approved SMGCS plans
U.S. airports with FAA approved Low Visibility Operations / Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems
OpSpec/Mspec/LOA C056/C078/C079 Updated – May 24, 2016
Airport ID Airport City State RegionANCTed Stevens Anchorage InternationalAnchorageAKAALFAIFairbanks InternationalFairbanksAKAALLITBill and Hillary Clinton National / Adams FieldLittle RockARASWFATFresno Yosemite InternationalFresnoCAAWPBFLMeadows Field AirportBakersfieldCAAWPLAXLos Angeles InternationalLos AngelesCAAWPONTOntario InternationalOntarioCAAWPSFOSan Francisco InternationalSan FranciscoCAAWPDENDenver InternationalDenverCOANMBDLBradley InternationalWindsor LocksCTAEAIADWashington Dulles InternationalWashingtonDCAEATPATampa InternationalTampaFLASOATLHartsfield - Jackson / Atlanta InternationalAtlantaGAASODSMDes Moines InternationalDes MoinesIAACEBOIBoise Air Terminal / Gowen FieldBoiseIDANMORDChicago O'Hare InternationalChicagoILAGLRFDChicago / Rockford InternationalRockfordILAGLFWAFort Wayne InternationalFort WayneINAGLINDIndianapolis InternationalIndianapolisINAGLSDFLouisville International - Standiford FieldLouisvilleKYACEMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans InternationalNew OrleansLAASWBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan InternationalBostonMAAEAACKNantucket MemorialNantucketMAAEAORHWorcester RegionalWorcesterMAAEABWIBaltimore / Washington International Thurgood MarshallBaltimoreMDAEABGRBangor InternationalBangorMEAEAPWMPortland International JetportPortlandMEAEADTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne CountyDetroitMIAGLMSPMinneapolis - St. Paul International / World-ChamberlainMinneapolisMNAGLMCIKansas City InternationalKansas CityMOACESTLSt. Louis Lambert InternationalSaint LouisMOACEGTFGreat Falls InternationalGreat FallsMTANMCLTCharlotte / Douglas InternationalCharlotteNCAEAGSOPiedmont Triad InternationalGreensboroNCAEARDURaleigh-Durham InternationalRaleighNCAEAOMAEppley AirfieldOmahaNEACEMHTManchesterManchesterNHAEAEWRNewark Liberty InternationalNewarkNJAEASWFStewart InternationalNewburghNYAEACLECleveland Hopkins InternationalClevelandOHAGLDAYJames M Cox Dayton InternationalDaytonOHAGLILNWilmington Air ParkWilmingtonOHAGLEUGMahlon Sweet FieldEugeneORANMPDXPortland InternationalPortlandORANMMDTHarrisburg InternationalHarrisburgPAAEAPHLPhiladelphia InternationalPhiladelphiaPAAEAPITPittsburgh InternationalPittsburghPAAEAPVDTheodore Francis Green StateProvidenceRIAEAGSPGreenville Spartanburg InternationalGreerSCASOFSDJoe Foss FieldSioux FallsSDAGLTYSMcGhee TysonKnoxvilleTNACEMEMMemphis InternationalMemphis TNACEBNANashville InternationalNashvilleTNACEAUSAustin-Bergstrom InternationalAustinTXASWDFWDallas / Fort Worth InternationalDallasTXASWAFWFort Worth AllianceFort WorthTXASWHOUWilliam P HobbyHoustonTXASWIAHGeorge Bush Intercontental / HoustonHoustonTXASWSLCSalt Lake City InternationalSalt Lake CityUTANMRICRichmond InternationalRichmondVAAEASEASeattle-Tacoma InternationalSeattleWAANMGEGSpokane InternationalSpokaneWAANMMSNDane County Regional - Truax FieldMadisonWIAGLMKEGeneral Mitchell InternationalMilwaukeeWIAGL
See also Runway Awareness and Advisory System Airport surveillance and broadcast systems Follow the Greens
References
Further reading Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS) Manual Validation Master Plan for A-SMGCS Implementation Level I Validation Master Plan for A-SMGCS Implementation Level II
External links EUROCONTROL Airport Operations and Environment Homepage Eurocontrol A-SMGCS website Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System (A-SMGCS) - 2002-2006 International Cooperation on Airport Surveillance: ICAS Sensis Corporation A-SMGCS website