The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency,
[NAMA] has commenced calibration of navigational equipment at some
airports and en route stations across the country to enhance air safety.
The Agency spends about N200milion annually to calibrate navigational aids at 26 airports across the country.
Nnamdi Udoh , managing director of the
Agency, disclosed that the exercise would last for 14 days, explaining
that the calibration of the navaids would assist in putting all the
navigational aids in proper shape at these airports and en-route
stations. The NAMA boss appealed to airlines to support the Agency in
its safety drive by clearing their outstanding debts.
The calibration exercise started at the
weekend in Lagos with the routine calibration of the two Instrument
Landing Systems [ILS] , Very High Omni-directional Radio Range/Distance
Measuring Equipment [VOR/DME] and the Path Approach Precision
Indicator(PAPI)of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
Equipment being calibrated include- the recently installed ILS/DME,CVOR/DME at Enugu airport, Makurdi and Kanji.
The newly installed air field lighting
system at Makurdi will equally be flight- checked by Flight Calibration
Services of the United Kingdom using DA42 multi-purpose platform
aircraft.
Other navigational aids being calibrated
are- Conventional Omni-Directional Radio Frequency [CVOR], Instrument
Landing System[ILS], Distance Measuring Equipment[DME] Very High
Omni-Directional Radio
Frequency [VOR] all located in, Uyo Abuja, Kano
and Port Harcourt.
Similarly, communication radio coverage
check for Lagos and Kano area control centres will be undertaken during
the calibration exercise.
Culled from Businessday Nigeria
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