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Aircraft. Fraport and Lufthansa are starting GBAS landings with increased angle of approach

Frankfurt, Germany - Less airplane noise due to steeper approaches now possible on the southern and central runways too

Yesterday afternoon at Frankfurt Airport, the first satellite-supported precision landings with an increased angle of approach of 3.2° began with an A-319 and a Lufthansa B-747/8 on the airport’s southern and central runways. Until now, such landings with increased approach angles were only possible on the northwest runway. The precision-landing, ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) introduced by...

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Rome, Italy, 03/31/2017 14:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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