CAT II ILS operationalised at Amritsar airport

New Delhi: In an effort to make safe and smooth aircraft operations this fog season, the Airports Authority of India has made CAT II instrument landing system operational at Amritsar's Shri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport. "The CAT II ILS, which provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, has been operationalised from 1730 hours yesterday at Shri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport at Amritsar," an AAI spokesperson said. To improve the air navigation facilities at the Amritsar airport, AAI had taken up the initiative of upgrading the existing Instrument Landing System to Category II at Amritsar for supporting safe and smooth aircraft operations, he added. For this, AAI had to improve the airport infrastructure, remove obstacles in and around the airport, training for the controllers and the maintenance personnel. With CAT II ILS becoming operational, the aircraft can now land at Amritsar airport even when the runway visibility is upto 350 metres, instead of being diverted to other airport.
24/12/11 PTI/IBN Live

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Categories: airports Dec 2011