Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Miami International Airport, ma o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika ʻo Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-FL, i ka lawe ʻana a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana radar honua holomua no ka hale kiaʻi hoʻomalu e kōkua i nā mea hoʻoponopono e hōʻoia i ka palekana ma nā ala holo, nā ala kaʻa, a me ka ramp. nā wahi ma kekahi o nā mokulele ʻoi loa o ka lāhui.
ʻO ka lanakila lōʻihi i ʻimi ʻia, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Diaz-Balart i kāna misionari e lawe mai i ka ʻōnaehana hou, i kapa ʻia ʻo ASDE-X (Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X) i Miami International Airport ma mua o ʻehā mau makahiki i hala i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2005. He hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi loa ka ʻōnaehana. ma luna o ka ʻōnaehana radar honua kahiko, ʻaʻole i hana maikaʻi i ka wā ʻino - ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea hoʻokele manawa e pono ai ia ʻenehana. Ua lilo ka ʻōnaehana ASDE-X o Miami i ke kūlana hana piha i ka Pōʻakolu, e hana ana i ka mokulele i ka mea hou loa i ka papa inoa o nā mokulele nui e loaʻa ai ka ʻenehana hou, me Chicago O'Hare, New York-JFK, a me Boston.
ʻO ASDE-X, i hoʻomohala ʻia e Sensis Corp., hana ma ka ʻili mokulele a hāʻawi i ka uhi ʻole a me ka ʻike mokulele i nā mea hoʻokele o ka hale kiaʻi. Wahi a Sensis, "hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka hui pū ʻana o ka radar neʻe ʻana o ka honua a me nā sensor multilateration transponder e hōʻike i ke kūlana mokulele i hōʻailona ʻia me nā hōʻailona kelepona lele ma kahi hōʻike hale kiaʻi ATC. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana o kēia mau mea ʻike e hāʻawi i ka ʻikepili me ka pololei, ka helu hoʻonui, a me ka hilinaʻi kūpono no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka palekana o ke kahua mokulele i nā kūlana ʻano āpau.
"I ka hui ʻana o nā mea hoʻokele ma MIA i ka Congressman Diaz-Balart e pili ana i nā lako kahiko maikaʻi ʻole a nīnau e pili ana i ka hiki ke kiʻi i nā mea hana hou, ua lawe ʻo ia iā ia iho e hele i ka FAA a hōʻoia e loaʻa koke iā Miami nā lako hou. e like me ka hiki," wahi a Jim Marinitti, ʻo ia ka ʻelele o ka hale MIA no ka National Air Traffic Controllers Association. "Ma o kāna mau ho'āʻo ʻana, ua holo piha nā mea hana hou ma mua o ka papa manawa a makemake nā mea hoʻokele ma Miami e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia no kāna mau hana. E mahalo ʻia ka manaʻo o Congressman Diaz-Balart no ka palekana a me kāna kākoʻo mau ʻana i ka mokulele.
Hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Mitch Herrick, ka mea hoʻoponopono kānāwai o NATCA South Florida: "Ua ʻike maopopo ʻo Lincoln Diaz-Balart a me kāna mau limahana i ka pono nui o kēia radar i nā mahina kauwela ma South Florida. Pono e ʻoluʻolu ʻo South Florida a pau i ka ʻike ʻana i kā mākou mau luna i koho ʻia e hana a noʻonoʻo i mua e pili ana i ka palekana o ke kahua mokulele.
