Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 31930

Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Aviation and Emergency Services

Tabled: 21 February 2025

Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

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

Mike Kane

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...

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