The Noida Worldwide Airport has began calibrating the ground-based radio navigation system on the greenfield facility this week with a maiden turboprop plane flight. The airport, positioned at Jewar, round 75 km from Delhi, is scheduled to begin business operations by the tip of 2024.
“A shiny and sunny day at #NIAirport set the proper stage for a DVOR calibration flight, the primary of many. The Beechcraft King Air B300 took to the skies, to make sure all @aai_official navigation gear works flawlessly. #FromTheGroundUp,” the airport posted on X on Thursday.
A calibration flight is an aviation operation carried out to confirm and fine-tune the accuracy of navigation gear used at airports, in keeping with officers.
Throughout a calibration flight, specialised plane geared up with exact measurement devices fly predefined patterns across the airport’s airspace.
These devices acquire knowledge on the efficiency of assorted navigation aids, comparable to instrument touchdown methods (ILS), very excessive frequency omnidirectional vary (VOR) stations, distance measuring gear (DME), and Doppler VHF omnirange (DVOR) stations.
DVOR, which stands for Doppler VHF omnirange, is a sort of ground-based radio navigation system utilized by plane for navigation.
It gives pilots with correct details about their place and course relative to the DVOR station.
DVOR stations emit VHF radio alerts that plane obtain and interpret to find out their bearing from the station.
The importance of calibration flights and DVOR for an airport lies in guaranteeing the security and effectivity of air navigation operations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in 2021 launched the Noida Worldwide Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh. The airport, the second worldwide aerodrome in Delhi-NCR, has an preliminary capability to deal with 1.2 crore passengers every year.
(With PTI inputs)
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