Bengaluru international airport runway upgraded
India
Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2020, 17:08 [IST]
Bengaluru, Dec 31: The second runway of Kempegowda international airport here has been upgraded to facilitate smooth operation of flights even during low visibility.
Inclement weather and foggy conditions will now have minimal impact on the movement of aircraft, the Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), which operates the airport said in a statement.
Aiding smooth operations during low visibility are the newly-installed advanced Instrument Landing System (ILS), Airfield Ground Lights (AGL), meteorological equipment such as Transmissometre, Automatic Weather Observatory Station (AWOS), Surface Movement Radar (SMR) and other navigational aids, it added.
South runway of Bengaluru airport is CAT IIIB compliant
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The airport can now handle flight operations during dense fog and poor visibility
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The airport can now handle flight operations during dense fog and poor visibility
The south runway of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has been upgraded to CAT III B compliant with effect from Thursday morning (December 31). This helps the airport to operate flights during inclement weather conditions and poor visibility.
A release from the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), the operator of the KIA, states that the south runway can facilitate aircraft landing with a Runway Visual Range as low as 50 metres and take-offs at 125 metres. Until now, the permissible visual range was 550m and 300m, for landing and take-off, respectively.
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international airport here has been upgraded to facilitate smooth operation of flights even during low visibility. Inclement weather and foggy conditions will now have minimal impact on the movement of aircraft, the Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), which operates the airport said in a statement. Aiding smooth operations during low visibility are the newly-installed advanced Instrument Landing System (ILS), Airfield Ground Lights (AGL), meteorological equipment such as Transmissometre, Automatic Weather Observatory Station (AWOS), Surface Movement Radar (SMR) and other navigational aids, it added. The south runway is now category III B compliant and can facilitate aircraft landing with a runway visual range as low as 50 meters and take-offs at 125 metres.
South runway of Bengaluru airport now CAT III B compliant ANI | Updated: Dec 31, 2020 16:49 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 31 (ANI): South runway of Bengaluru s Kempegowda International Airport is now CAT III B compliant, which will allow aircraft to land even under 50-metre visibility.
CAT III B is an instrument landing system (ILS) which helps to guide pilots to land during difficult visibility conditions. Inclement weather and foggy conditions will now have minimal impact on the movement of aircraft. Aiding smooth operations during low visibility are the newly-installed advanced Instrument Landing System (ILS), Airfield Ground Lights (AGL), meteorological equipment such as Transmissometre, Automatic Weather Observatory Station (AWOS), Surface Movement Radar (SMR) and other navigational aids, according to an official release.