Passengers at the Mumbai Airport have witnessed constant delays in flights for the past few days because of the upgradation of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the airport.<\/p>\n
However, these delays have drastically reduced because of two main reasons \u2013<\/p>\n
The VOR system was used by airports before the ILS\u00a0 was developed and implemented.<\/p>\n
The Instrument is placed at the epicentre of the two main runways at the Mumbai airport and sends out radar signals which help the pilot to align the airplane to the runway by following the signal.<\/p>\n
Since the upgradation work of the ILS started, the airport has been using this system to help pilots land.<\/p>\n
The pilots and controllers are familiar with this replacement system and are now being able to land and take off much earlier.<\/p>\n
The authorities have had to adjust their rules regarding manual landing at the airport, which has helped in reducing the time by which a flight is delayed.<\/p>\n
The distance to be kept between 2 airplanes before landing has been reduced from 6.5 miles to 6 miles<\/p>\n
By doing this, the airport is saving 20 seconds after every aircraft lands, allowing controllers to add 3 to 4 more airplanes in their schedule every hour.<\/p>\n
The amount of aircrafts operating at the airport has increased from 40 to 44 airplanes per hour because of this change.<\/p>\n
The airport is also using 2 other systems to make flight operations smoother.<\/p>\n
The Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) system for handling flights that are arriving at the airport and the Airport Collaborative Decision Making (ACDM) System which helps in the scheduling of flights on an hourly basis.<\/p>\n
With this new traffic arrangement, aviation experts say that the number of hourly operations is now close to its full capacity at the airport and the way the airport is handling this situation shows high professional standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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