THE FIRST OF FIFTEEN BELFORT AWOS SYSTEMS FOR THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY INSTALLED AT PRINCETON AIRPORT (39N)

Kim Stevens New Jersey, News Release

BALTIMORE, MD. – Belfort Instrument Company, one of the country’s oldest meteorological sensor and meteorological system manufactures, has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation system (AWOS) at the Princeton Airport (39N), Princeton, NJ.

The AWOS installation at the Princeton Airport is the first under the NJ DOT contract for the installation of fifteen (15) Belfort DigiWx automated weather stations throughout the State.  The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dewpoint and altimeter setting and visibility information on a graphical displaying the FBO office, over the airport’s Unicom radio, via dial-in telephone, and on the Internet.

 “We are extremely excited about the DigiWx station being up and running; this according to Kenneth Nierenberg of Princeton Airport, he continues, “ the addition of the weather station ensures our commitment to safe flight operations for pilots using our airport.”

Belfort Instrument Company has been a leading provider of weather instruments to government, professional meteorology and aviation markets for over 130 years. Detailed information can be found at www.belfortinstrument.com  and www.digiwx.com
 

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.