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Is WAAS Accuracy Superior To ILS?
Does WAAS generate more accurate position information?
"Raytheon, a WAAS contractor, measured
horizontal accuracy at
three meters and vertical accuracy at four meters
. By comparison, a Cat III ILS is accurate only to
7.6 meters in both planes
at the middle marker."
Replacing the ILS: the Wide-Area Augmentation System (WAAS) will provide ILS-like accuracy with GPS. Can it replace the familiar ground-based system on which we depend?(Instrument Landing System) | Article from Aviation Safety | HighBeam Research
If this is true, why is WAAS not deemed sufficient for all Cat III approaches?
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