Aerial survey for night landing at Imphal airport conducted

Imphal: Aerial survey for night landing at Tulihal Airport was conducted tonight by a joint team of Airport Authority of India and Civil Aviation Authority.
The aerial survey was conducted from 6 pm to 7.30 pm over the sky of Imphal by a flight coming from Kolkata flying around the places where Solar Powered Obstruction Light (SPOL) installed at four places by flying close to the installation sites.
A source from the Airport Authority of India here said that the aerial survey was done in order to test the visibility of the lights emitted from the SPOLs and whether it can detect areas where high mountains are located.
They also conducted survey on the visibility of runways at the Tulihal Airport, the source said.
Mention may be made that Solar Powered Obstruction Lights (SPOL) are installed at four hills–Baruni (Nongmaiching) Hill, Heibok Hill, Chingphu Hill and Phunal Maring Hill–surrounding the Airport to facilitate landing of planes during night time.
State Transport and Education Minister, L Jayentakumar told the Hueiyen Lanpao that the government has completed works for the night landing facility at the airport.
But as the issuing of the clearance certificate by the Civil Aviation Ministry is pending, the night landing facility could not be commissioned for the time being.
22/03/10 Hueiyen News Service/E-PAO.net

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Categories: Airports Mar 2010