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{{Short description|Airport surveillance and control system}}
{{redirect|SMAGS|the singular of SMAGs|Smag (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Surface Movement Guidance Control System Key airport lighting and markings.png|thumb|The SMGCS low visibility taxi plan includes the enhancement of taxiway and runway signs, markings, and lighting<ref name="IPH">{{Cite IPH|chapter=1|page=5}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>]]
'''Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System''' is a system at airports having a surveillance infrastructure consisting of a Non-Cooperative Surveillance (e.g. [[Surface movement radar|SMR]], [[Microwave Sensor]]s, Optical Sensors etc.) and Cooperative Surveillance (e.g. [[Multilateration]] systems). A-SMGCS has 4 levels,<ref>[http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Advanced_Surface_Movement_Guidance_and_Control_System_%28A-SMGCS%29 A-SMGCS on Skybrary]</ref> 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.  It uses the aircraft’s transponder transmission as the primary indication of airborne status.

== 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.''

== Airports with FAA approved SMGCS plans ==

U.S. airports with FAA approved Low Visibility Operations / Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems

OpSpec/Mspec/LOA C056/C078/C079{{huh?|date=May 2025|reason=is this a reference to the source of the data?}}
Updated – May 24, 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs400/afs410/lvo_smgcs/ |title=Flight Operations Branch – LVO/SMGCS Program |access-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061317/https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs400/afs410/lvo_smgcs/ |archive-date=2016-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Airport ID
! Airport
! City
! State
! Region
|-
|ANC
|Ted Stevens Anchorage International
|Anchorage
|AK
|AAL
|-
|FAI
|Fairbanks International
|Fairbanks
|AK
|AAL
|-
|LIT
|Bill and Hillary Clinton National / Adams Field
|Little Rock
|AR
|ASW
|-
|FAT
|Fresno Yosemite International
|Fresno
|CA
|AWP
|-
|BFL
|Meadows Field Airport
|Bakersfield
|CA
|AWP
|-
|LAX
|Los Angeles International
|Los Angeles
|CA
|AWP
|-
|ONT
|Ontario International
|Ontario
|CA
|AWP
|-
|SFO
|San Francisco International
|San Francisco
|CA
|AWP
|-
|DEN
|Denver International
|Denver
|CO
|ANM
|-
|BDL
|Bradley International
|Windsor Locks
|CT
|AEA
|-
|IAD
|Washington Dulles International
|Washington
|DC
|AEA
|-
|TPA
|Tampa International
|Tampa
|FL
|ASO
|-
|ATL
|Hartsfield - Jackson / Atlanta International
|Atlanta
|GA
|ASO
|-
|DSM
|Des Moines International
|Des Moines
|IA
|ACE
|-
|BOI
|Boise Air Terminal / Gowen Field
|Boise
|ID
|ANM
|-
|ORD
|Chicago O'Hare International
|Chicago
|IL
|AGL
|-
|RFD
|Chicago / Rockford International
|Rockford
|IL
|AGL
|-
|FWA
|Fort Wayne International
|Fort Wayne
|IN
|AGL
|-
|IND
|Indianapolis International
|Indianapolis
|IN
|AGL
|-
|SDF
|Louisville International - Standiford Field
|Louisville
|KY
|ACE
|-
|MSY
|Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
|New Orleans
|LA
|ASW
|-
|BOS
|General Edward Lawrence Logan International
|Boston
|MA
|AEA
|-
|ACK
|Nantucket Memorial
|Nantucket
|MA
|AEA
|-
|ORH
|Worcester Regional
|Worcester
|MA
|AEA
|-
|BWI
|Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall
|Baltimore
|MD
|AEA
|-
|BGR
|Bangor International
|Bangor
|ME
|AEA
|-
|PWM
|Portland International Jetport
|Portland
|ME
|AEA
|-
|DTW
|Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
|Detroit
|MI
|AGL
|-
|MSP
|Minneapolis - St. Paul International / World-Chamberlain
|Minneapolis
|MN
|AGL
|-
|MCI
|Kansas City International
|Kansas City
|MO
|ACE
|-
|STL
|St. Louis Lambert International
|Saint Louis
|MO
|ACE
|-
|GTF
|Great Falls International
|Great Falls
|MT
|ANM
|-
|CLT
|Charlotte / Douglas International
|Charlotte
|NC
|AEA
|-
|GSO
|Piedmont Triad International
|Greensboro
|NC
|AEA
|-
|RDU
|Raleigh-Durham International
|Raleigh
|NC
|AEA
|-
|OMA
|Eppley Airfield
|Omaha
|NE
|ACE
|-
|MHT
|Manchester
|Manchester
|NH
|AEA
|-
|EWR
|Newark Liberty International
|Newark
|NJ
|AEA
|-
|SWF
|Stewart International
|Newburgh
|NY
|AEA
|-
|CLE
|Cleveland Hopkins International
|Cleveland
|OH
|AGL
|-
|DAY
|James M Cox Dayton International
|Dayton
|OH
|AGL
|-
|ILN
|Wilmington Air Park
|Wilmington
|OH
|AGL
|-
|EUG
|Mahlon Sweet Field
|Eugene
|OR
|ANM
|-
|PDX
|Portland International
|Portland
|OR
|ANM
|-
|MDT
|Harrisburg International
|Harrisburg
|PA
|AEA
|-
|PHL
|Philadelphia International
|Philadelphia
|PA
|AEA
|-
|PIT
|Pittsburgh International
|Pittsburgh
|PA
|AEA
|-
|PVD
|Theodore Francis Green State
|Providence
|RI
|AEA
|-
|GSP
|Greenville Spartanburg International
|Greer
|SC
|ASO
|-
|FSD
|Joe Foss Field
|Sioux Falls
|SD
|AGL
|-
|TYS
|McGhee Tyson
|Knoxville
|TN
|ACE
|-
|MEM
|Memphis International
|Memphis 
|TN
|ACE
|-
|BNA
|Nashville International
|Nashville
|TN
|ACE
|-
|AUS
|Austin-Bergstrom International
|Austin
|TX
|ASW
|-
|DFW
|Dallas / Fort Worth International
|Dallas
|TX
|ASW
|-
|AFW
|Fort Worth Alliance
|Fort Worth
|TX
|ASW
|-
|HOU
|William P Hobby
|Houston
|TX
|ASW
|-
|IAH
|George Bush Intercontental / Houston
|Houston
|TX
|ASW
|-
|SLC
|Salt Lake City International
|Salt Lake City
|UT
|ANM
|-
|RIC
|Richmond International
|Richmond
|VA
|AEA
|-
|SEA
|Seattle-Tacoma International
|Seattle
|WA
|ANM
|-
|GEG
|Spokane International
|Spokane
|WA
|ANM
|-
|MSN
|Dane County Regional - Truax Field
|Madison
|WI
|AGL
|-
|MKE
|General Mitchell International
|Milwaukee
|WI
|AGL
|}

== See also ==
*[[Runway Awareness and Advisory System]]
*[[Airport surveillance and broadcast systems]] 
*[[Follow the Greens]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927013831/http://www.icao.int/anb/panels/atmrpp/Documents/Doc.9830.alltext.en.pdf Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS) Manual]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110613113227/http://www.eurocontrol.int/airports/gallery/content/public/a_smgcs/library/validation_master_plan_impl_level1.pdf Validation Master Plan for A-SMGCS Implementation Level I]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110613113442/http://www.eurocontrol.int/airports/gallery/content/public/a_smgcs/library/validation_master_plan_impl_level2.pdf Validation Master Plan for A-SMGCS Implementation Level II]

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071019002134/http://www.eurocontrol.int/airports/public/subsite_homepage/homepage.html EUROCONTROL Airport Operations and Environment Homepage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080609110117/http://www.eurocontrol.int/airports/gallery/content/public/a_smgcs/index.html Eurocontrol A-SMGCS website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101125052042/http://www.eurocontrol.int/airports/public/standard_page/APR1_Projects_ASMGCS.html Advanced Surface Movement Guidance & Control System (A-SMGCS) - 2002-2006]
*[[International Cooperation on Airport Surveillance]]: [http://www.icas-group.org ICAS]
* [[Sensis Corporation]] [http://www.sensis.com/docs/3/ A-SMGCS website]

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