Brace for cancellation of flights this winter too, as work on installation of CAT-3 instrument landing system (ILS) at Chandigarh International Airport has been delayed again.
For the past few years, flights operating from the airport remain grounded from mid-December to mid-January due to foggy weather.
At present, the airport has CAT-2 ILS, which enables pilots to conduct an instrument approach if they are unable to establish visual contact with the runway. It permits landing even when the visibility is down to 350 metres . The advanced CAT-3 ILS, however, works at even as low as 50-metre visibility.
