ILS CAT II already operates at Quito Airport

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From the 7 November 2019 the ILS CAT II already operates in Quito International Airport to reduce the incidents of closure due to visibility.

Being part of an extensive process that began 30 November 2017, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation – DGAC and the private concessionaire Quiport S.A have completed the entire regulatory process, technical and legal required for the entry into operation of this improved instrument landing system.

The ILS CAT II, ​​which has as one of its main objectives to improve technical capacity – operation of Marshal Sucre of Quito, It will further reduce the incidence of airport closures due to reduced visibility due to climatic factors or other factors such as dust.,

This joins others systems already implemented at this airport as implementation of a central runway lighting system, LVP low visibility procedure, track visual range RVR, reduction of landing minima with CAT I, RNAV satellite procedures and others.

Another important point is support for the environment, generating less fuel consumption and therefore lowering the CO2 emissions due to the reduction in cases of missed approaches.

A) Yes, Quito Airport becomes the only air terminal in the country with this technology at the service of the industry (several years ago the Manta Airport I had it) which makes it stand out in the country and also makes it partly more attractive to current and future airlines.

ILS CAT II

Emphasizing that for this system to be used by airlines, These and their pilots must be duly certified for this type of operation..

In this context, The first instrument approach procedures have already been published, highlighting the characteristics and new operating minima using CAT II for the runway. 36, which occupies the 95% of annual operations:

The new procedures at Quito Airport are ILS or LOC Z, AND, X y W runway 36 those with CAT II procedures already published.

In general terms, landing minima improve by 80 feet or some 24 meters, This means that the planes will be able to get closer and lower to the runway before they must make a missed approach in case you don't see the track reduced visibility.

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