Ludhiana: The electronic navigation instrument, Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Range (DVOR), which was installed the Sahnewal Airport in August 2012, was made operational on Thursday, which will make landing of aircraft easy even in low visibility conditions especially during winter months.
The airport officials said that aided by DVOR, the visibility requirement for landing of airplanes has now been reduced significantly to 2,400 metres from 5,000 metres at the Sahnewal airstrip.
Informing about operatinalising of the navigation equipment, the Sahenwal Airport manager V.P. Jain said, "DVOR was made operational this morning. It will reduce the visibility requirement from the previous 5,000 meters to 2,400 meters, which will help in avoiding cancellations of flight even during winters when the visibility falls due to fog. We are expecting more to and fro flights to cater the city now due to reduction visibility requirement for landing of planes."
31/05/13 Shariq Majeed/Times of India
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The airport officials said that aided by DVOR, the visibility requirement for landing of airplanes has now been reduced significantly to 2,400 metres from 5,000 metres at the Sahnewal airstrip.
Informing about operatinalising of the navigation equipment, the Sahenwal Airport manager V.P. Jain said, "DVOR was made operational this morning. It will reduce the visibility requirement from the previous 5,000 meters to 2,400 meters, which will help in avoiding cancellations of flight even during winters when the visibility falls due to fog. We are expecting more to and fro flights to cater the city now due to reduction visibility requirement for landing of planes."
31/05/13 Shariq Majeed/Times of India
