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Old 17th Apr 2020, 11:26
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Originally Posted by Red Four
How do you deduce it is to "reduce costs" from the NOTAM - it could be for technical reasons, ie: no primary radar, or lack of radar maintenance due factors outside of LSA's control.
The ATC service was reduced some time ago with the afternoon closures of the airport, already mentioned in the thread.
Correct. The primary radar is unserviceable and is awaiting parts. An SRA is not important because the airport has ILS on both runways. Radar vectoring to the ILS is not an SRA.
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