Srinagar: The Srinagar “International” Airport lacks facilities to enable landing and take-off of flights in low-visibility conditions, thus leading to frequent cancellations, officials said.
The foggy weather conditions have led to frequent disruption of flights at the Srinagar Airport.
On Tuesday, sources said, only two flights could land at the airport, but couldn’t take off later while the scene was no better on Monday.
According to sources, the Indian Air Force—which controls the Srinagar “International” Airport—has fixed the visibility of 1.2 km for flights to operate at the aerodrome.
“An outdated Instrumentation Landing System has been installed at the Airport while airports elsewhere have highly sophisticated landing facilities which facilitate landing even at zero-visibility,” said a senior official.
“The problem of cancellation of flights during winters could be fixed easily if category-III- B Instrumentation Landing System or any other category ILS which could facilitate landing of flights even when the visibility is 200 to 300 metres, is installed at the Srinagar Airport,” he said.
25/11/15 Greater Kashmir
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The foggy weather conditions have led to frequent disruption of flights at the Srinagar Airport.
On Tuesday, sources said, only two flights could land at the airport, but couldn’t take off later while the scene was no better on Monday.
According to sources, the Indian Air Force—which controls the Srinagar “International” Airport—has fixed the visibility of 1.2 km for flights to operate at the aerodrome.
“An outdated Instrumentation Landing System has been installed at the Airport while airports elsewhere have highly sophisticated landing facilities which facilitate landing even at zero-visibility,” said a senior official.
“The problem of cancellation of flights during winters could be fixed easily if category-III- B Instrumentation Landing System or any other category ILS which could facilitate landing of flights even when the visibility is 200 to 300 metres, is installed at the Srinagar Airport,” he said.
25/11/15 Greater Kashmir
