The Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) has disclosed that the agency has started replacing obsolete Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) at all
In a chat with journalists in Lagos over the weekend, the acting managing director of the agency, Matthew Pwajok, hinted that the agency was already replacing all the equipment to at least category 2 ILS.
In its original form, it allows an aircraft to approach until it is 200 feet over the ground, within a 1⁄2 mile of the runway. “We have done category 2 ILS in at least ten airports. ILS has been installed in Enugu, Sokoto, and Abuja. Category 2 was done at Lagos airport 18/R. We have done the same in Akure, Ilorin, and many other places. We have category three ILS in Katsina, Lagos, Port-Harcourt, and Abuja.
In its original form, it allows an aircraft to approach until it is 200 feet over the ground, within a 1⁄2 mile of the runway.
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