In a big relief from fog-related flight disruptions for passengers, the new South Runway of the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has been upgraded to Category IIIB Instrument Landing System (ILS). This was operationalised at 5.30 am on Thursday.
With this, flights can land with a Runway Visual Range (RVR) as low as 50m and take-off at 125m. KIA is the only airport in South India and the sixth in the country to get the CAT IIIB runway, says the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL). Until now, the permissible visual range for landing was 550m and 300m for take-offs.
