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aviationluver 11th May 2018 04:19

Microwave Landing System (MLS)
 
Does anyone know of any place on earth that has an active MLS approach? If so, where and who uses them (meaning commercial, air transport ops, etc.)?

Thank you.

Pearly White 11th May 2018 04:25


Originally Posted by aviationluver (Post 10143684)
Does anyone know of any place on earth that has an active MLS approach? If so, where and who uses them (meaning commercial, air transport ops, etc.)?

Thank you.

Heathrow, according to this nine-year old article. Unless they've decommissioned it since.

STBYRUD 11th May 2018 04:26

Still up and running at LHR, in occasional use by BA, for no other reason than nostalgia as I can see 😄

aviationluver 11th May 2018 04:31

Is Heathrow the only location in the entire world the MLS is used?

LeadSled 11th May 2018 04:41


Originally Posted by STBYRUD (Post 10143691)
Still up and running at LHR, in occasional use by BA, for no other reason than nostalgia as I can see 😄

MLS was commercially killed stone dead years ago, with the advent of IRS/FMCS systems updated by GPS/DME/whatever, with WAAS/SBAS/GBAS enabling all the goodies of MLS (curved/offset/segmented approaches, steeper low noise etc) with nil on-airport infrastructure and no "special" aircraft equipment, given the usual avionics fit for most larger aircraft since late 1980s.
Tootle pip!!

DaveReidUK 11th May 2018 06:40


Originally Posted by STBYRUD (Post 10143691)
Still up and running at LHR, in occasional use by BA, for no other reason than nostalgia as I can see 😄

AFAIK, it's only operational on the BA shorthaul Airbus fleet (don't know if it's on their latest Neos).

DaveReidUK 11th May 2018 07:55

Thread from last year: PPRuNe: What Happened to the Microwave Landing System?

The Old Swedish 11th May 2018 08:06

NASA
 
Hasn’t NASA used it for it’s shuttle?


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