Originally Posted by
Throttle Arms
Not to minimize your point 737er, but an ILS isn't a few thousand dollars. An ILS and associated approach lighting is easily $3+ million.
If I remember correctly, some studies were done back in the days in Halifax for an ILS on 05.
I believe mineral deposits prevented that (terrains too!?)
This have been mitigated later on, if we look at the current published RNAV(GNSS) 05 it shows a WAAS LPV component of 720 DA (257ft HAT)
Maybe it has been already mentioned but I think this particular A320 is not GPS equipped.