Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 25: To overcome the low visibility closure of the airfield, the Srinagar Airport is planning to install a CAT-II Instrument Landing System (ILS), the installation of which is set to commence in April while the system will be ready for commissioning in October, officials said.
The airport authorities said that the instrument landing system at the airport is designed to function at the visibilities of more than 1000 M. “We never operate a flight if the visibility is less than this threshold. As such, the operation of our ILS is completely safe and secure,” the officials said.
They said that to overcome the low visibility closure of the airfield we are planning to install a CAT II ILS system soon.
“The visibility threshold with the new system will improve to 500 M after commissioning of new ILS system. We have state of the art landing and navigation facilities and we continuously strive for their improvement in line with the increase in traffic,” they said.
They said that at the airport, most modern machinery is used for snow removal and ice clearing from the airfield.
“Our objective is always to ensure minimum disruption to the flight operations in all kinds of inclement weather. We are sensitive to the adverse effect of snow accumulation on the aircraft wings. Thus we deploy water spray for de-icing so that there are no unnecessary delays in flight operations,” they said.
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