New Delhi: The main runway at the IGI Airport will be installed with a standby runway visual range (RVR) system this year to cut out delays and cancellations due to malfunctioning RVR systems. The favourite runway of pilots, preferred especially during low visibility periods, will be getting an indigenous RVR system, making it the first runway to be fitted with it at its three points: beginning, middle and end. Indigenous RVRs were first manufactured in November 2011.
The new system provides RVR and visibility every 10 seconds with the facility to calculate the average every one minute. It has the capacity to provide RVR up to 50m to ATC and will give live information on the Met website through cable signals and radio wi-fi. It works both on an electric battery standby and solar panels.
09/12/12 Times of India
