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  2. Instrument landing system - Wikipedia

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    ILS planes. An instrument landing system operates as a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision lateral and vertical guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting arrays to enable a safe landing during instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), such as low ceilings or reduced ...

  3. Localizer type directional aid - Wikipedia

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    If the angle of offset is three degrees or less, the facility is classified as an offset localizer. If the offset angle is greater than three degrees, the facility is classified as a localizer-type directional aid (LDA). Straight-in approaches may be published if the offset angle does not exceed 30 degrees.

  4. Instrument landing system localizer - Wikipedia

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    Localizer as component of an ILS (KMEZ runway 27, Mena, Arkansas) Emission patterns of the localizer and glide path signals. An instrument landing system localizer, or simply localizer (LOC, [1] or LLZ prior to 2007 [2]), is a system of horizontal guidance in the instrument landing system, which is used to guide aircraft along the axis of the runway.

  5. Approach plate - Wikipedia

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    The instrument approach procedure chart includes margin identification information, briefing strip information, planview, missed approach information, profile view, landing minimums, and an airport sketch. The margin identification includes the airport location, procedure identification, and chart currency.

  6. Non-directional beacon - Wikipedia

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    Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are in contrast to directional radio beacons and other navigational aids, such as low-frequency radio range , VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and tactical air navigation system (TACAN).

  7. Radio beacon - Wikipedia

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    The most basic radio-navigational aid used in aviation is the non-directional beacon or NDB. It is a simple low- and medium-frequency transmitter used to locate airway intersections and airports and to conduct instrument approaches, with the use of a radio direction finder located on the aircraft.

  8. File:ILS gauge.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: This is a simple Instrument Landing System on-board gauge. The vertical needle indicates the horizontal position of the localizer beam, in this mode the scale is notched by 1 degrees. At this case the airplane is about 1.6 degrees right of the runway center line.

  9. Instrument approach - Wikipedia

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    An "approach plate" depicting an instrument approach procedure for an ILS approach to Tacoma Narrows Airport in the United StatesIn aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft operating under instrument flight rules from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to a point ...