ee 5,7. MICROWAVE LANDING SYSTEM eee cE eee aac “It is an all-weather, precision landing system originally intended to replace or supplement Instrument Landing Systems (ILS). MLS has a number of operational advantages, including a wide selection of channels to avoid interference with other nearby airports, excellent performance in all weather, a small “footprint” at the airports and wide vertical and horizontal “capture” angles that allowed approaches from wider areas around the aircraft. * Although some MLS system. became operational in the 1990s, the widespread deployment initially envisioned by its designers never became a reality. GPS-based systems, notably WAAS, allowed the expectation of the same level of positioning detail with no equipment needed at the airport.‘Radar and Navigation ——— ais ° GPS/WAAS based LPV “Localizer Performance with yer Buidance™ approaches provide vertical guidance comparable tp ts category I and FAA published LPC approaches currently out number 1 ¢ approaches at US airports, 4 In all-weather aircraft landing guidance system that operates at microwaye frequencies and provides deviations from the landing runway centering using a Time-Referenced Seanning Beam (TRSB) technique, | Elevation beam 0° to 29° high plus oF minus 20° wide Azimuth DME beam plus or minus 135° wide Slant range 0° to 23" high Glide slope ‘ground station Extended runway centerine ‘Acimuthidistanoe ‘measuring equeret ‘ground staton Fig. The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is also standardized internation!) ‘Major Microwave Landing System and approved for use indefinitely as countries implement their transition) new technologies standards for a third landing system, the GO! Navigation Satelite System (GNSS) based primarily on Global postos® system technology, exist. Multimode receivers enable to an aircraft "| ‘conduct an instrument approach using ILS, MLS or GNSS. ng IL ;