Air Traffic Control Distance Measuring Equipment Instrument Landing System 
Pilot Institute
JUNE 19, 2025
Airport markings are a system of symbols, lines, and colors found on runways, taxiways, aprons, and other areas of an airport. Precision Runways Precision runways feature at least one precision approach aid at either end of the runway, such as an Instrument Landing System (ILS).
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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