For its better performance, the Cochin International Airport in Kerala will be equipped with a radar system costing Rs 30 crore and it will become operational soon. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is conducting final tests and the nod from the Director General of Civil Aviation for commissioning the system is now awaited.
Installation of the radar will reduce the landing time from the present six to nine minutes to approximately three minutes.
At the airport, once full-fledged operations begin, aircraft landing and take-off will be totally under the control of the radar controller thereby minimising the need for any judgment by the pilot during these procedures, even under conditions of very limited visibility. The radar system comprises Approach Surveillance Radar (ASR) and Monopulse Secondary Survei¡llance Radar (MSSR).
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