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* A '''localizer''' is one component of an ILS or [[Instrument Landing System]]. The localizer |
* A '''localizer''' is one component of an ILS or [[Instrument Landing System]]. The localizer provides runway centerline guidance to aircraft. In some cases a localizer is at an angle to the runway usually due to obstructions around the [[airport]] It is called then [[Localizer Type Directional Aid]]. Localizers also exist in stand-alone instrument approach installations and are not always part of an ILS or Instrument Landing System. <br /> |
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The Localizer is placed about 1.000 feet on the far end of the approached runway. Its useful volume extends to 18 NM for the path up to 10 degrees either side of the course. For angle of 35 degrees either side of the course the useful volume of localizer extends uo to 10 NM. Horizontal guidance gets more accurate the closer you fly to the Localizer station. Localizer approaches have their specific weather minimums found on approach plates. |
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[[Image:Localizer_M39.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Localizer as component of an ILS (KMEZ Runway 27, Mena, Arkansas).]] |
[[Image:Localizer_M39.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Localizer as component of an ILS (KMEZ Runway 27, Mena, Arkansas).]] |
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===References=== |
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[http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/AIM/index.htm] Aeronautical Information Manual issued yearly by [http://www.faa.gov|US Federal Aviation Administration]<br /><br /> |
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* A '''localizer''' is also a fictional device in the works of [[Vernor Vinge]], such as ''[[A Deepness in the Sky]]''. These are tiny devices, [[microwave power transmission|powered by microwave pulses]], which can contain a simple [[central processing unit|processor]], [[sensor]]s, and short-range communications. Vinge explores how [[wireless mesh networking]] of these simple devices in a [[mobile ad-hoc network]] can be put to use in ways quite different from traditional computer networks. ''See [[smartdust]] for a similar idea.'' |
* A '''localizer''' is also a fictional device in the works of [[Vernor Vinge]], such as ''[[A Deepness in the Sky]]''. These are tiny devices, [[microwave power transmission|powered by microwave pulses]], which can contain a simple [[central processing unit|processor]], [[sensor]]s, and short-range communications. Vinge explores how [[wireless mesh networking]] of these simple devices in a [[mobile ad-hoc network]] can be put to use in ways quite different from traditional computer networks. ''See [[smartdust]] for a similar idea.'' |
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- A localizer is one component of an ILS or Instrument Landing System. The localizer provides runway centerline guidance to aircraft. In some cases a localizer is at an angle to the runway usually due to obstructions around the airport It is called then Localizer Type Directional Aid. Localizers also exist in stand-alone instrument approach installations and are not always part of an ILS or Instrument Landing System.
The Localizer is placed about 1.000 feet on the far end of the approached runway. Its useful volume extends to 18 NM for the path up to 10 degrees either side of the course. For angle of 35 degrees either side of the course the useful volume of localizer extends uo to 10 NM. Horizontal guidance gets more accurate the closer you fly to the Localizer station. Localizer approaches have their specific weather minimums found on approach plates.
References
[1] Aeronautical Information Manual issued yearly by Federal Aviation Administration
- A localizer is also a fictional device in the works of Vernor Vinge, such as A Deepness in the Sky. These are tiny devices, powered by microwave pulses, which can contain a simple processor, sensors, and short-range communications. Vinge explores how wireless mesh networking of these simple devices in a mobile ad-hoc network can be put to use in ways quite different from traditional computer networks. See smartdust for a similar idea.