Mangalore: 24-hour radar service at airport from tomorrow

Mangalore: Mangalore Airport will be extending its radar service to over flying aircraft from the present 19 hours a day to 24 hours from Wednesday, according to its director M.R. Vasudeva.
Aircraft flying within a radius of 256 nautical miles from the Mangalore Airport can avail themselves of this round-the-clock radar service from September 1, he told The Hindu.
This facility will be particularly useful for aircraft operating to Kozhikode, Kochi, Coimbatore and Panjim (Goa) airports, in addition to Mangalore. ?It will also help aircraft operating to Bangalore International Airport, to some extent,? he said.
The service of mono-pulse secondary surveillance radar at the airport would help prevent collision of aircraft in air and maintain an orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic, Mr. Vasudeva said.
At present, the radar service is not available between 4.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.
31/08/10 Mangaloeran.com

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