Articles by Aviation

Tall buildings may block and reflect radar signals which means that national air traffic control service, NATS, raises planning objections to tall buildings in London, Manchester and elsewhere in the [...]

What Are Obstacle Limitation Surfaces? The UK has [1] 129 licensed civil aerodromes (and even more unlicensed aerodromes). In order to protect aircraft against potential collision risk, it is necessary to [...]

RAF Objections Renewable energy developers in the UK regularly face objections from the Royal Air Force (RAF) /Ministry Of Defence (MOD). This is particularly common for wind developments due to [...]

London City Airport does not follow the standard UK and International physical safeguarding rules for tall buildings. Instead, custom rules have been put in place in order to facilitate the [...]

Modern aviation infrastructure around the world is underpinned by sophisticated electronic equipment. This ranges from well-known apparatus like radar to lesser-known equipment such as Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), navigation beacons, [...]

In recent news it was mentioned that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requested that the overall height of four building developments in the city of Miami needs to be [...]

Wide Area Multilateration – usually shortened to WAM – is a surveillance system for monitoring aircraft. Presently, surveillance of aircraft is usually achieved by means of radar. Air navigation service [...]

Aeronautical radio systems are used for communications between air traffic controllers and pilots. They are referred to as Air Ground Air (AGA) systems and operate in the Very High Frequency [...]

I am planning to build a wind farm in the UK. I am aware that wind turbines can affect civil and military airports, radar and radio systems. How can I [...]

With the opening of the Al Maktoum airport to passengers looming, the Dubai Municipality and the Emirate’s Civil Aviation Authority have signed a mutual agreement to restrict the height of [...]





