NAMA commences calibration of navigational aids at airports

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, has commenced the calibration of its navigational aids at airports and en-route stations across the country in a bid to further enhance seamless air navigation.

According to the Acting General Manager, Public Affairs of NAMA, Mrs Olajumoke Adetona ' the routine calibration exercise was intended to determine the precision and accuracy of these navigational aids'.

She further revealed that the exercise is being handled by ASECNA of Senegal in collaboration with NAMA Engineers and is expected to last for about two weeks.

She added that the exercise would involve the calibration of the agency's 'Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Very High Omni-Directional Radio Range (VOR), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Path Approach Precision Indicators (PAPI) and Air Field Lighting Systems.'

Other facilities to be calibrated include the Communication Radio Coverage across the nation.

In his remarks at the commencement of the calibration exercise in Lagos, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam, noted that the operation was “targeted at putting all the navigational aids at the nation's airports and en-route stations in optimal capacity in line with ICAO standards to continue to generate precise and accurate signals to guarantee the safety of air navigation in Nigeria.'