Weather Radar - Lisbon's Airport - Lisbon, Portugal
N 38° 45.954 W 009° 07.726
29S E 488812 N 4290806
This weather radar, located nearby the Lisbon Airport, was installed back in 1969 and stopped working in 1998.
Waymark Code: WMG1PX
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 01/02/2013
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The area where this Weather Radar is located have restricted access. Still, you can observe it from the freeway, and in the airport grounds.
It was bought and installed in 1969. It's total cost was, in todays currency, around $50k, €41k! A real bargain! You can have a look, in Portuguese, to the law that regulated the operation: (
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It operated in 1969 and stopped working in 1998 and it was replaced by the two radars in Portugal's mainland.
It's main objectives were the support for air traffic, giving out all the possible information to airplanes and the Lisbon Airport.
You can safely observe the radar from this coordinates: 38° 45.883'N 9° 7.637'W