AAI conducts flight calibration of instrument landing system at Navi Mumbai Airport

New Delhi: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday started conducting flight calibration of the instrument landing system (ILS) for runway 26/08 at the under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) which is expected to start the first phase of operations by March 2025.

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The two-day exercise, a critical step in calibrating flight paths to ensure the airport’s operational readiness, will end on August 13 (Tuesday).

This is a landmark event, essential to prepare the instrument approach procedure and eventual licencing of NMIA and its operationalization, said the Navi Mumbai Airport in a Facebook post.

The post stated that ILS is a standard International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) precision landing aid that is used to provide accurate vertical & lateral guidance to aircraft for landing on the runway under normal or adverse weather conditions.

ILS guides the aircraft to a position from where a safe landing on the runway can be executed.

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