The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Approach radar, en route radar for Chennai airport

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Approach radar, en route radar for Chennai airport

P. Oppili

CHENNAI: An approach radar and an en route radar will soon be installed at the Chennai airport to help track aircraft movements.

K. Ramalingam, Southern Regional Executive Director, Airports Authority of India (AAI), said the AAI Board approved the acquisition of approach radar recently.

The site survey for fixing the instrument within the airport had been completed and a report sent to the AAI Board, he said.

The en route radar would be installed outside the airport premises, at an AAI property near Porur. The new radars would track the movement of aircraft, which would be displayed at the Air Traffic Control tower.

The secondary runway had been provided with an Instrument Landing System (ILS) recently. The runway would be extended to ease peak-hour movements.

Lights were fixed at the secondary runway, he said.

The Chennai Airport, on an average, handled more than 300 aircraft movements a day. “With the augmentation, it is expected that the air traffic flow at the Chennai Flight Information Region will be eased to a great extent, facilitating increased peak-hour handling capacity,” Dr. Ramalingam said. The AAI authorities in Chennai requested the AAI Board to install advanced surface movement radar, which had been installed in New Delhi and Mumbai.

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