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Air Traffic Control

Distance Measuring Equipment

The Essential Guide to Runway Markings

Pilot Institute

JUNE 19, 2025

They serve as visual aids to guide pilots, ground crew, and Air Traffic Control, indicating the boundaries and areas of different spaces of the airfield, such as runways, taxiways, holding positions, and parking areas. It’s positioned for easy access by aircraft but won’t obstruct other airport traffic too much.

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Runway Threshold Instrument Landing System VOR

Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. It was common practice for tower controllers to monitor the area control centre enroute frequency. It was a winter night shift in a Western Ontario air traffic control tower.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment

Aviator Connection

The Essential Guide to Runway Markings

Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

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