Installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) is now in progress at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport (VSSI) here to facilitate landing and takeoff of aircrafts during inclement weather, VSSI Director Sudesh Kumar Chauhan has informed.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is augmenting advanced navigational facilities like ILS at the airport which would cost up to Rs 4 crore. A team from the AAI’s Corporate Headquarters visited the airport last month for site survey for the ILS. When the ILS is commissioned, the minima visibility requirement of flights would be further reduced, Chauhan has said.
Notably, a Doppler Very high frequency Omni-Directional Range (DVOR) along with a Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) was installed at the airport in February this year. These equipments are already calibrated both for ground and air last month by the AAI’s Flight Inspection Unit which would be used by the aircrafts to find out the radial and distance from the airport.
Visibility minima would be reduced up to 3-3.5 km after commissioning of these facilities which cost over Rs 6.30 crore. The present minimum visibility at the airport is 5 km.
