NAMA Replaces Obsolete Landing System At Airports

The Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) has disclosed that the agency has started replacing obsolete Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) at all Nigerian airports.
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.
LEADERSHIP reports that the ILS is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft, allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather.
In its original form, it allows an aircraft to approach until it is 200 feet (61 m) over the ground, within a 1⁄2 mile (800 m) of the runway.
According to the acting MD, the agency has provided ILS in over 32 airports that included the Federal Government owned airports and state-owned aerodromes.
“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. We have completed satellite navigation for backup in the event of power failure” BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos
The Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) has disclosed that the agency has started replacing obsolete Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) at all Nigerian airports.
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.
LEADERSHIP reports that the ILS is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft, allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather.
In its original form, it allows an aircraft to approach until it is 200 feet (61 m) over the ground, within a 1⁄2 mile (800 m) of the runway.
According to the acting MD, the agency has provided ILS in over 32 airports that included the Federal Government owned airports and state-owned aerodromes.
“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. We have completed satellite navigation for backup in the event of power failure”