Mangaluru: Come July 2016 and aircraft landing at Mangaluru international airport (MIA) would be comfortably and deftly guided by a primary radar. Sanctioned as a 'special case' by Airports Authority of India (AAI) to MIA, the primary radar will supplement the functions of the secondary radar that the airport currently uses. The commissioning of the primary radar any time after June next year will also reduce diversion of aircraft to other airports because of inclement weather.
J T Radhakrishna, director, MIA said the primary radar will be hosted in a new building adjacent to the CISF barracks on AAI property and close to the new air traffic control complex. The work of constructing the new building is currently underway at an estimated cost of around Rs 5 crore. "We have already received the primary radar equipment which costs about Rs 20 crore," he said, adding the AAI is expecting to commission this radar by July next year.
29/10/15 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
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J T Radhakrishna, director, MIA said the primary radar will be hosted in a new building adjacent to the CISF barracks on AAI property and close to the new air traffic control complex. The work of constructing the new building is currently underway at an estimated cost of around Rs 5 crore. "We have already received the primary radar equipment which costs about Rs 20 crore," he said, adding the AAI is expecting to commission this radar by July next year.
29/10/15 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
