Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System explained

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,[1] 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.

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.

List of Airports with FAA approved SMGCS Plans

U.S. Airports with FAA Approved Low Visibility Operations /
Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems
(LVO/SMGCS) Operations
OpSpec/Mspec/LOA C056/C078/C079Updated November 19, 2015May 24, 2016
Airport IDAirportCityStateRegion
ANCTed Stevens Anchorage InternationalAnchorageAKAAL
FAIFairbanks InternationalFairbanksAKAAL
LITBill and Hillary Clinton National / Adams FieldLittle RockARASW
FATFresno Yosemite InternationalFresnoCAAWP
BFLMeadows Field AirportBakersfieldCAAWP
LAXLos Angeles InternationalLos AngelesCAAWP
ONTOntario InternationalOntarioCAAWP
SFOSan Francisco InternationalSan FranciscoCAAWP
DENDenver InternationalDenverCOANM
BDLBradley InternationalWindsor LocksCTAEA
IADWashington Dulles InternationalWashingtonDCAEA
TPATampa InternationalTampaFLASO
ATLHartsfield - Jackson / Atlanta InternationalAtlantaGAASO
DSMDes Moines InternationalDes MoinesIAACE
BOIBoise Air Terminal / Gowen FieldBoiseIDANM
ORDChicago O'Hare InternationalChicagoILAGL
RFDChicago / Rockford InternationalRockfordILAGL
FWAFort Wayne InternationalFort WayneINAGL
INDIndianapolis InternationalIndianapolisINAGL
SDFLouisville International - Standiford FieldLouisvilleKYACE
MSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans InternationalNew OrleansLAASW
BOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan InternationalBostonMAAEA
ACKNantucket MemorialNantucketMAAEA
ORHWorcester RegionalWorcesterMAAEA
BWIBaltimore / Washington International Thurgood MarshallBaltimoreMDAEA
BGRBangor InternationalBangorMEAEA
PWMPortland International JetportPortlandMEAEA
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne CountyDetroitMIAGL
MSPMinneapolis - St. Paul International / World-ChamberlainMinneapolisMNAGL
MCIKansas City InternationalKansas CityMOACE
STLSt. Louis Lambert InternationalSaint LouisMOACE
GTFGreat Falls InternationalGreat FallsMTANM
CLTCharlotte / Douglas InternationalCharlotteNCAEA
GSOPiedmont Triad InternationalGreensboroNCAEA
RDURaleigh-Durham InternationalRaleighNCAEA
OMAEppley AirfieldOmahaNEACE
MHTManchesterManchesterNHAEA
EWRNewark Liberty InternationalNewarkNJAEA
SWFStewart InternationalNewburghNYAEA
CLECleveland Hopkins InternationalClevelandOHAGL
DAYJames M Cox Dayton InternationalDaytonOHAGL
ILNWilmington Air ParkWilmingtonOHAGL
EUGMahlon Sweet FieldEugeneORANM
PDXPortland InternationalPortlandORANM
MDTHarrisburg InternationalHarrisburgPAAEA
PHLPhiladelphia InternationalPhiladelphiaPAAEA
PITPittsburgh InternationalPittsburghPAAEA
PVDTheodore Francis Green StateProvidenceRIAEA
GSPGreenville Spartanburg InternationalGreerSCASO
FSDJoe Foss FieldSioux FallsSDAGL
TYSMcGhee TysonKnoxvilleTNACE
MEMMemphis InternationalMemphis TNACE
BNANashville InternationalNashvilleTNACE
AUSAustin-Bergstrom InternationalAustinTXASW
DFWDallas / Fort Worth InternationalDallasTXASW
AFWFort Worth AllianceFort WorthTXASW
HOUWilliam P HobbyHoustonTXASW
IAHGeorge Bush Intercontental / HoustonHoustonTXASW
SLCSalt Lake City InternationalSalt Lake CityUTANM
RICRichmond InternationalRichmondVAAEA
SEASeattle-Tacoma InternationalSeattleWAANM
GEGSpokane InternationalSpokaneWAANM
MSNDane County Regional - Truax FieldMadisonWIAGL
MKEGeneral Mitchell InternationalMilwaukeeWIAGL
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Notes and References

  1. http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Advanced_Surface_Movement_Guidance_and_Control_System_%28A-SMGCS%29 A-SMGCS on Skybrary
  2. Web site: Flight Operations Branch – LVO/SMGCS Program . 2016-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061317/https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs400/afs410/lvo_smgcs/ . 2016-10-14 . dead .