Airservices Nation-wide Inspections Ensure Aviation Safety

Airservices nation-wide inspections ensure aviation safety

Airservices Flight Inspection Service (FIS) will visit capital cities, regional and remote areas of Australia this June checking navigation aids as part of a long-term national program to ensure aviation safety.

The functional accuracy of over 500 pieces of critical air navigation equipment is checked on a three- year rotational basis.

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

Based in Brisbane, the inspection service will carry out 24 individual routine or special flight inspections on equipment at:

NSW Sydney, Rockdale
QLD Brisbane, Rockhampton, Collinsville, Townsville, Cairns, Scherger, Bundaberg
VIC - Melbourne, Epping, Bolinda.

Equipment being tested includes instrument landing systems (ILS), distance measuring equipment (DME), non-directional beacons (NDB) and Sydney Airport's ground based augmentation system (GBAS).

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]

Airservices Australia is a Government owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of air traffic across 11 per cent of the world's air space. Services include air traffic control, airspace management, aeronautical information, radar communications, radio navigation aids, aviation maintenance and engineering, environmental management and aviation rescue and firefighting.

SOURCE: Airservices