Who Depends on Coastal? Hurricane Katrina Responders...
At ground zero of the widespread chaos surrounding Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the four automated weather stations designed and built by Coastal and located at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, were the only known weather stations to survive. They continued functioning perfectly, eventually serving flights landing at Keesler AFB to bring relief supplies to the region.
Who Depends on Coastal? The U.S. President...
The U.S. President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Military, so all of his flights are into and out of Andrews Air Force Base. Andrews is also a combined Military and Civilian airport so it is under both FAA and Military guidelines, restrictions and certification. The aviation weather station at Andrews is an FMQ-19, built, installed and maintained by Coastal. It was installed in record time and is operating at 100%.
Who Depends on Coastal? The South Pole...
Working with the U.S. Navy and the National Science Foundation, Coastal modified one of our standard aviation stations and deployed the first ever aviation weather station to operate and survive at the South Pole Station. It was the first time that automated weather for aviation support and safety was ever available. In addition to a constantly harsh environment, the South Pole can get as cold as -90 degrees!
Who Depends on Coastal? The Space Shuttle...
When NASA needed a replacement station for the Shuttle Landing Site they selected Coastal from all the other choices. NASA's Spacelift Range System Study determined Coastal "Meets all Observation Requirements," "Base System can be Adapted to Meet 1-second Wind Requirements," and "FMQ-19 AMS is System Designed & Built with and for AFWA to replace the ASOS." Our competition was "Unable to Meet or Adapt Base System to Meet a Number of Instrument Requirements" and "Not Willing to Adapt Base System to Meet 1 second Wind Requirements."
American War Fighters and Peace Keepers...
One hundred ten U.S. Air Bases worldwide have aviation weather stations, built, installed and maintained by Coastal. These include CAT I, II and III bases and have RVR and thunderstorm sensors incorporated into their sensor suite. The U.S. Air Force has relied on these systems since 2001.
