Instrument landing system
id:
instrument-landing-system-186-18615302
title:
Instrument landing system
text:
In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather. In its original form, it allows an aircraft to approach until it is 200 feet (61 m) over the ground, within a 1⁄2 mile (800 m) of the runway. At that point the runway should be visible to the pilot; if it is not, they perform a missed approach. Bringing the aircraft this close to the runway dramatical
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Ground-based visual aid for landing
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_system
date created:
2003-06-05T14:21:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T10:29:33Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q464020","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q464020"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/ILS_diagramsimplified.png","width":1468,"height":768}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16