New technology applied at five airports in Argentina

The air circulation in five Argentine airports is now improved with the incorporation of satellite technology carried out by EANA - Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea SE, of the Ministry of Transportation of the Nation. The modifications introduced shorten the flight times, the use of crews and airplanes, and reduce fuel consumption and atmospheric emissions.

In Ezeiza and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery the trajectories that airplanes can fly following satellite signals -with PBN technology- were modified, improving their original design. In Neuquén, PBN technology is added to the guidance that airplanes receive signals from ground equipment for their approach to the runways. Thanks to this, operational safety is increased thanks to the degree of precision and redundancy between conventional technology and PBN.

In Córdoba, on the other hand, new procedures for approaching the runway head 05 are implemented. This is a contingency solution while infrastructure works are being carried out on the runway 18-36. In the case of the Neuquén airport, new PBN trajectories were designed for the entire terminal area, in addition to other traditional ones, based on the use of terrestrial signals.

At the Rosario airport, where the modifications introduced are greater, new procedures, both conventional and PBN, were applied, resulting in an estimated total saving of 52,700 nautical miles (94,860 km), 184,045 kg of fuel and 581,031 kg of CO2 per year.

The availability of more and better approach letters at airports brings great benefits for the surrounding regions, thanks to the reduction of delays, detours and cancellations of flights due to unfavorable weather conditions. This means greater reliability of service.

Since 2016, EANA has been redesigning the Argentine airspace in order to make it more efficient and raise its levels of operational safety, as part of the modernization of air navigation services, essential pillar of the Aircraft Revolution promoted by the Ministry of Transport . Since then, EANA introduced improvements with PBN technology in 25 airports. Counting the new procedures, at the end of 2018 the PBN map drawn by EANA will include 28 airports. In 2019, this figure will climb to 38 airports.