Charter & Fractional
Passur program helps FBOs but could irk operators
A small company that began life by providing collision-avoidance hardware to the U.S.

A small company that began life by providing collision-avoidance hardware to the U.S. Navy has grown into a larger provider of data tools for airports, airlines, charter operators and FBOs. Megadata sells its data products under the Passur name, a contraction of the term “passive secondary surveillance radar.”

The Passur system consists of more than 70 passive antenna systems that cover about 110 U.S. airports. Each passive antenna monitors interrogations from airport secondary surveillance radars and the replies from aircraft transponders. “That gives us real-time tracking of aircraft,” said Ron Dunsky, Megadata vice president of marketing.

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