NAMA calibrates navaids in 24 airports

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commenced a routine calibration of navigational facilities in 24 airports across the country.

The exercise, which is targeted at putting all navigational aids at 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 Instrument Landing Systems /Distance Measuring Equipment (ILS/DME) facilities in Lagos and Port Harcourt airports.

The agency reassures the flying public of the safety of the nation’s airspace as all necessary measures were in place to ensure safe, efficient and seamless flight operations in Nigeria.

The agency, according to a statement signed by the management, “has in the last 18 months embarked on an aggressive upgrade of navigational infrastructure in strategic airports in the country.

“For instance, Cat II ILS/DME has been installed in Kaduna, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt airports. In the same vein, installation of Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) is on-going 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.

“Meanwhile, work 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 take-off by January 2019.”