Airservices Flight Inspection Service keeps flying public safe

Checking the functional accuracy of the equipment is critical to aviation safety. The Brisbane-based service checks the 500 plus navigational aids installed by Airservices for flight safety at regional and major airports, aerodromes and airstrips on a three-year rotational basis. The service will undertake 30 separate routine or special flight inspections on equipment at:

QLD Cooktown

NSW Richmond, Sydney, Gibraltar

VIC Wonthaggi, East Sale, Avalon, Plenty, Essendon, Cowes.

Equipment being tested includes instrument landing systems (ILS), distance measuring equipment (DME), non-directional beacons (NDB) and wide area multilateration (WAM) navigation aids plus surveillance radars. Positional and navigational information is relayed from these aids to aircraft and assists pilots in landing safely. The inspections will be performed by specialist air crew who operate the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air aircraft and equipment to collect precision data while airborne. Data gathered is assessed and analysed by Airservices maintenance and engineering employees to ensure that each navigation aid is operating accurately.