Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Aviation and Emergency Services
Commons · Question 31930 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Garnier
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the unavailability of localiser performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approaches on (a) general aviation, (b) emergency medical services and (c) regional airport
Answer
Answered by Mike Kane, 3 Mar 2025
Larger UK airports and many regional airports have Instrument Landing Systems in place and therefore a satellite-based augmentation system) such as European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), is primarily beneficial at smaller regional airp...