Calibration of navaids across Nigeria in progress —NAMA

THE Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully commissioned its newly installed Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Runway 18 Right, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

This came just as the Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has also been commissioned.

In the same vein, a flight commissioning of the newly installed Doppler Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range (DVOR) in Lagos has successfully been carried out while the routine flight calibration has also been carried out on Runway 18 Left in Lagos.

Making this known, the Managing Director of NAMA, Captain Fola Akinkuotu said a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) to this effect has been disseminated accordingly while calibration of navigational aids in other locations across the country was in progress to ensure all navigational aids in Nigeria that are due for calibration are covered.

His words: “in spite of initial hitches, it is gratifying to note that Runway 18R in Lagos has been certified for CAT 3 just as Runway 22 in Abuja with the newly acquired calibration aircraft by the Aviation Ministry. Both facilities are now fully operational.”

While pledging a timely calibration of navigational facilities going forward, Akinkuotu said the availability of the flight calibration aircraft will ensure that NAMA was able to carry out calibration as and when due.