Behind the acquisitionón of new radars for San CristóBal and Guayaquil, la installationón of is úlast radar has started, bringing temporary changes in the tráI'm theéprisoner of this airport.
Possibly as a passenger and user of the Guayaquil Airport you will not notice changes in the routine of flying to or from this destination., but internally for the period of 52 días the industryéreal internally seeá modificationón in the way of operating in the Guayaquil TMA (cícircle of 40 millas con centro VOR/DME LIVE).
There is nothing toé worry, but with the aim of bringing closerás the aviationón al púwar in general I am going to tell you the changes that will occurán from the 20 September 2023.
Installationón new radar in Guayaquil
How we review in the publicationólast August, the I purchased DGACó a INDRA new radars for modernizationón of all the equipment that has the úlatest technologyíradar control according to the úlatest trends and recommendations from global control entities following the established schedule.
This is why, that because the old system must be dismantled in both equipment and information systemsáticos, from the 20 September the following NOTAMs come into force:
A2035/23 NOTAMR A2031/23
Q)SEFG/QCSAS/I/B/AE/000/999/0209S07953W200
A)SEGU B)2309201500 C)2311102000
E)SSR U/S
This indicates that the secondary surveillance radar will not beá usable from 1500Z 20 September until 2000Z 10 November 2023. On the other hand, spaghettiéThe following notification comes into effectón:
A2024/23 NOTAMN
Q)SEFG/QPAAU/I/NBO/A/000/999/0209S07953W005
A)SEGU B)2309200000 C)2311102300 EAST
E)RNAV STAR 1C – RNAV TEMOX2, UGUPI2, ASDEL2, IROMO2, EVRED2 RWY21.
RNAV STAR 2B – RNAV DAKAB1, DALUD1, ASDEL2A, IROMO2A, PUNAS1 RWY03.
NOT AVBL.
Instead, In this it is specified that the arrivals normalized by specific instrumentsíbased on the same leaveán to be available until 2300Z of the 10 November 2023. Finally, the úlast NOTAM published specifies:
A2023/23 NOTAMN
Q)SEFG/QATTT/IV/BO/AE/000/999/0209S07953W005
A)SEGU B)2309200000 C)2311102300 EAST
E)DUE TO THE LOSS OF ATC SECT CAPACITY, THE ATS OPERATIONAL
TRANSITION PLAN IS ACTIVATED IN GUAYAQUIL TMA.
It indicates that since 20 of this month until 2300Z of 10 November to beá The Transition Plan is in force in the TMA of Guayaquilón ATS operation due to suspensionón of the radar service during the implementationón and door in motion of the new MODE S secondary radar systems / ADS-B in Guayaquil.
¿From whaté this plan is about?
concretely, This has the objective of establishing provisions and procedures to guarantee the continuity of traffic control services.ánsito aéprisoner in the TMA Guayaquil during the implantationón and commissioning of the new radar system. These procedures will be basedán in the rules and méall established in the manuals and regulations of tránsito aéprisoner of the DGAC, to theí mitigate any negative impact on the operation of the spaceéreo de Guayaquil.
During the días indicated in the NOTAM, within the TMA Guayaquil will applyá approach controlón by procedures, what to requireá that the crews comply with various requirements such as the early presentationóflight plan number, follow established procedures and have greater separationón between flight and flight, whether arrival or departure.
In this úlast point, transport userséprisoner mayístill experimenting littleñthe delays in adjustingán to the influence of trácost and demand for services during this time, for any additional changes, always be attentive to the instructions of the airídenies.
The plan is very broad and well detailed., so I recommend reading it in its entirety here.í for complete understanding of what will happená during these daysíso in case you want to go deeperás tétechnically:
Let's wait now for the installationón of the new radar system that guaranteesá security toéareas in the país with new technologyía and systems over the coming weeks.
