ILS CAT II already operates at Quito Airport

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 beganó the 30 November 2017, the addressón General of Aviationón Civil – DGAC and the private concessionaire Quiport S.A have completed the entire regulatory process, tétechnical and legal requirement for entry into operationón of this improved instrument landing system.

The ILS CAT II, ​​which has as one of its main objectives to improve the capacity tétechnique – operation of Marshal Sucre of Quito, to allowá reduce toún más the incidences of airport closures due to reduced visibility due to weather factorsátics or other factors such as dust,

This joins others systems already implemented at this airport as an implementationócentral runway lighting system number, LVP low visibility procedure, track visual range RVR, reductionón of mílanding spirits 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 for the reductionón of missed approach cases.

Así, Quito Airport becomes the única terminal aépa areaís with this technologyíat the service of the industry (several years agoñthe atreás the Manta Airport have itía) what makes him stand out in the worldíyes and it returns in part tooén más attractive to the airícurrent and future lines.

ILS CAT II

Emphasizing that for this system to be used by the airlinesídenies, these and their pilots dutyán be duly certified for this type of operationón.

In this context, The first approximation procedures have already been published.ón instrumental where the characters stand outístatic and new mínimos de operationón using CAT II for track 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.

And tégeneral terms, the Mílanding spirits improve 80 feet or some 24 meters, This meaning that airplanes couldán arrive más near and under the runway before these you must perform a approximationón frustrated in case you don't see the track reduced visibility.