New procedure in Quito to reduce the effect of the wind

Entró in operation a new approximation procedureón and Quito with the main objective of reducing the effects that the wind generates on aircraft during the summer season.

Always thinking about the safety of operations toéareas of the countryís, the addressón General of Aviationón Civilian of Ecuador – DGAC together and in close collaborationón with the aerosolsíneas doméEcuadorian aesthetics, implementó a special procedure to beá in force during the season of summer in Quito which includes the months of June until the beginning of September.

Mainly, the aerosolsídenies Tame EP, Avianca, Petroecuador and other potential, couldán benefit from the new procedure for the Gestión of the flow of TRánsito aéinmate implemented to mitigate turbulence, tailwinds, wind shear, among others, that regularly occur in the éLittle dry and affect flights in the approximation stretchóN final to track 36 (south head) of the Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport. The process was launched last 20 of June.

Now the aircraft coming from Cuenca, Guayaquil, Manta, Salinas, Santa Rosa and others couldán enter the south of the airport and then enter through the western sector of Cerro Ilaló and later, complete its final phase of flight, prior to landing at the southern head of the airport.

It should be noted that in the case of LATAM Ecuador, it does not use this procedure, Since he performs an approachón similar, but of the RNAV RNP type, while the rest of the airlineíneas after the guíto vector made, conclude the procedure under visual flight rules:

The mitigation measureón reduces the possibility that the pilot cannot finish his landing for winds in the months of July and August. In this períThere is influence of winds that come from the regióprayerónica, which collide with the Ilal hilló and forms a kind of whirlpool that are known as turbulence and wind cutter that cause difficulties to aircraft in the final phase to Quito airport, the situationón that does not affect the normal development of operations toéreas.

It should finally be remembered, and for user peace of mind, than the whole industry, aerolídenies, airports, controllers and pilots are highly trained and trained to face extreme climate situationsóADEM GICOSás, of wind conditions.