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Instrument Landing System

Threshold

VASI vs. PAPI: Understanding the Differences and Similarities

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Using the VASI is crucial as it gives you safe obstruction clearance within 10 degrees of either side of the runway centerline and around four nautical miles from the runway threshold. nautical miles from the runway threshold. VASI systems also are typically cheaper to install and maintain than more advanced systems like PAPI.

Runway

Runway Approach Threshold Airplanes

ILS Explained (With Examples)

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. You might have heard pilots talking about the Instrument Landing Systems (ILS). The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land. It is a precision approach aid based on two radio beams. What is an ILS? But what is it?

Approach

Approach Knot Runway Distance Measuring Equipment

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VASI vs. PAPI: Understanding the Differences and Similarities

ILS Explained (With Examples)

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