Airservices Checks Navigation Equipment In Regional Centres 1

Airservices Checks Navigation Euipment in Regional Centres

Airservices' Flight Inspection Service (FIS) will visit regional and remote areas of the country this October checking navigation aids to ensure they are operating correctly.

As part of a long term nation-wide program the functional accuracy of over 500 pieces of critical air navigation equipment will be checked to ensure the safety of Australia's flying public.

These routine checks of air navigation equipment, installed by Airservices, are critical to aviation safety at regional and major airports, aerodromes and airstrips.

Based in Brisbane, FIS will carry out 35 separate routine or special flight inspections on equipment at:

NSW Williamtown
NT Tindal, Howard Springs, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Bagot, Gove, Groote
Eylandt, Ayers Rock, Simpsons Gap, Wallaby and Temple Bar
QLD Townsville, Rockhampton, Cooktown, Mount Isa, Julia Creek, Barcaldine,
Blackall, Cooktown
SA Edinburgh, Tailem Bend, Modbury.

Equipment being tested includes instrument landing systems (ILS), distance measuring equipment (DME), non-directional beacons (NDB) and wide area multilateration (WAM) navigation aids.

Positional and navigational information is relayed from these aids to aircraft to support pilots with air navigation and airport arrivals.

The inspections will be performed by specialist aircrew using a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air aircraft and precision equipment to collect data. This data is then analysed by Airservices maintenance and engineering specialists to ensure each navigation aid is operating accurately.

For media enquiries or an image of the King Air and its equipment call 02 6257 2828 or email [email protected]


SOURCE: Airservices Australia