In a bid to further enhance the safety of the Nigerian
airspace, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA) has commenced the
calibration of its navigational aids at airports and en-route stations across
the country. This is according NAMA through an online statement made available
to aviation journalists.
The routine calibration exercise intended to determine the
precision and accuracy of these navigational aids is being handled by ASECNA of
Senegal in collaboration with NAMA Engineers and is expected to last for about
two weeks.
The exercise would involve the calibration of the agency’s
Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Very High Omni-Directional Radio Range (VOR),
Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Path Approach Precision Indicators (PAPI)
and Air Field Lighting Systems.
Other facilities to be calibrated include the Communication
Radio Coverage across the nation.
In his remarks at the commencement of the calibration
exercise yesterday in Lagos, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace
Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam, noted that the operation
was “targeted at putting all the navigational aids at the nation’s airports and
en-route stations in optimal capacity in line with ICAO standards to continue
to generate precise and accurate signals to guarantee the safety of air
navigation in Nigeria.”
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