Big Bay Radar Site (LAB-4) | |
Partof: | North Warning System |
Location: | Labrador, Canada |
Ensign: | File:North American Aerospace Defense Command logo.svg |
Type: | Short Range Radar Station |
Code: | LAB-4 |
Built: | September 1992 |
Builder: | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Used: | 1992-present |
Controlledby: | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
Big Bay (LAB-4) is a Royal Canadian Air Force Short Range Radar Site located on the coast of Labrador, 167miles north of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]
The facility contains a Short Range AN/FPS-124 doppler airborne target surveillance radar that was installed in September 1992 as part of the North Warning System. The site (LAB-4) also consists of radar towers, communications facility, and storage and tunnel connected buildings for personnel.[2]