Kochi: The much-awaited radar facility at Cochin International Airport Ltd will soon become a reality with the radar system procured by the Airports Authority of India from Eldis Radar Systems, Czech Republic, having reached Nedumbassery.
CIAL had completed the construction of the NAV-AID Building to house the radar and was waiting procurement of equipment by the Airports Authority of India.
The radar system to be installed at CIAL is a combination of Approach Surveillance Radar (ASR) and Mono-pulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR).
The approach surveillance radar tracks aircraft approaching the airport within a range of 20 nautical miles. Secondary surveillance radar (SSR) is a system that not only detects and measures the position of aircraft, its range and bearing, but also requests additional information from the aircraft itself such as its identity and altitude.
18/01/13 Business Line
