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Old 27th February 2009 | 09:17
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Badmachine
 
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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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