Safe Skies Ahead With Airservices Upgrades And Inspections

Safe Skies Ahead With Airservices Upgrades and Inspections

Airservices Flight Inspection Service (FIS) will visit urban and regional parts of Australia this month checking navigation aids, while work will continue on the upgrade of non-directional beacons nationally.

The functional accuracy checks of critical air navigation equipment ensure passenger safety at regional and major airports, aerodromes and airstrips.

The inspection service will carry out 71 individual routine or special flight inspections on equipment at:

NSW Sydney, Tamworth, Lismore, Walgett, Ballina, Coffs Harbour, Williamtown, Calga, Bankstown, Nowra, Williamsdale, Wollongong
ACT Canberra, Church Creek
QLD Amberley, Cunnamulla, Thargomindah, Winton
VIC Essendon, Nhill, Hamilton, Warrnambool, Avalon
SA Adelaide, Bordertown, Mt Gambier, Modbury, Edinburgh
NT Darwin, Tindal, Howard Springs.

Navigational aids to be tested include instrument landing systems (ILS), distance measuring equipment (DME) and non-directional beacons (NDB).

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.

Airservices technicians will also be on the ground in Inverell and Tennant Creek to upgrade NDB equipment. They will then move to sites in Bathhurst and Meekatharra later in the month.

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.

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GPO Box 367, Canberra ACT 2601
25 Constitution Avenue, Canberra City 2600
Phone 02 6257 2828
Fax 02 6268 5688
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SOURCE: Airservices Australia