Guidelines promote common process for preventing interference with CNS signals

摘要

A European planning body has developed a standardized method of determining whether buildings and other objects or structures in the vicinity of airports are likely to interfere with the signals used for communications, navigation and surveillance. There was a time when airport development was entirely a local endeavour performed by nearby engineering and construction companies, all well versed in the limitations and restrictions of daily operations at a particular airport. But today — in Europe at least — large international consortia compete for airport construction contracts. Some of these companies have already won airport contracts in more than one country and have been surprised to find widely varying limitations and restrictions with respect to safeguarding standard radio navigation facilities.