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…says equipment not obsolete
Posted by Sade Williams
Ahead of the yuletide, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commenced a routine calibration of navigational facilities in 24 airports across the country.
When completed in two weeks’ time, the calibration exercise which is targeted at putting all navigational aids in optimal capacity would ensure that the facilities generate precise and accurate signals to guarantee the safety of air navigation in the country.
Also to be calibrated and commissioned are the newly installed ILS/DME facilities in Lagos and Port Harcourt airports.
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) therefore wishes to reassure the flying public of the safety of the nation’s airspace as all necessary measures are in place to ensure safe, efficient and seamless flight operations in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Agency has debunked claims that it parades obsolete navigational facilities at airports nationwide.
It explained that rather, it has in the last 18 months embarked on an aggressive upgrade of navigational infrastructure in strategic airports in the country.
For instance, Cat II Instrument Landing Systems /Distance Measuring Equipment (ILS/DME) have been installed in Kaduna, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt airports. In the same vein, installation of Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) is ongoing at Maiduguri airport while that of ILS/DME is also in progress at Benin airport. Upgrade of facilities in other airports is to follow soon.
Work, it said has reached an advanced stage on the installation of Cat III ILS in Lagos and Abuja. Already, a team of NAMA engineers are currently undergoing Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of the CAT III equipment in the United States of America in preparation for its takeoff by January 2019.
