La Gomera the first airport to uses

Written on July 30th, 2010 by admin

La Gomera, the first airport to use a system that does not require drivers.

The Canary Island of La Gomera Airport is the first to employ, from this Thursday, the Flight Information System (AFIS), which has no drivers and if specialized operators to offer drivers the information they need to land or take off with safely.

AENA said in a statement, reported that the airport has since Thursday with five operators that replace the control over it, and I, tera gold, note that La Gomera currently receives two daily flights, round trip to Tenerife has therefore been chosen this airport to start the AFIS system, not never in a confluence of flights, departure and arrival but isolated from an aircraft.

The use of this system has an annual cost of 285,000 euros, representing a saving of at least 67% in the control, hitherto, cheap aion kinah, supposed a cost of 850,000 euros.

AFIS service is provided from the control tower and the pilot provides useful information to guide safe and efficient aircraft operating at the airport and flight information zone established around it. The system maintains a constant vigilance and listens on all visible flight operations are carried out at the airport or in, sto energy credits, its vicinity and reports of dcts and irregular functioning of equipment and aids to navigation.

Today, Europe has more than 115 airports in 10 countries, in which the Service is provided AFIS, which follows and in accordance with the recommendations of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). In fact, this has become part of airport network of countries like France, UK, Germany and Portugal, and has about 100 suppliers of certificates AFIS.

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