Dutch Air Traffic Control (LVNL) is scheduled to perform maintenance work on the Instrument Landing System (ILS) of Schiphol Airport’s Runways 18C and 36C from Monday 17 June until mid-September.
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Dutch Air Traffic Control (LVNL) is scheduled to perform maintenance work on the Instrument Landing System (ILS) of Schiphol Airport’s Runways 18C and 36C from Monday 17 June until mid-September. This system helps aircraft land safely. The Zwanenburg Runway will not be fully available during the works, prompting changes to the runway use schedule. As a result, other surrounding communities may temporarily experience more aircraft noise than usual.
An Instrument Landing System (ILS) plays an important role in enabling safe landings by ensuring that aircraft approach the runway via an optimal heading and fixed angle of descent.
José Daenen Directeur Operations
José Daenen, Director of Operations: “An Instrument Landing System (ILS) plays an important role in enabling safe landings by ensuring that aircraft approach the runway via an optimal heading and fixed angle of descent. The current system has been in use for a long time and needs to be serviced to guarantee its continued operation in the future. We will be replacing antennas and a localiser, a system that guides aircraft to the runway, among other things. The works will be performed as diligently and quickly as possible, as we are fully aware of the consequences for the area surrounding Schiphol.”
LVNL is synchronising the work with Schiphol's maintenance work on the Zwanenburg Runway as much as possible in order to minimise any disruptions. Maintenance on the Zwanenburg Runway is set to start on June 17, after which the runway will be unavailable for two weeks. After the works, LVNL will continue to work on airspace safety, in part by replacing the localiser. Finally, LVNL will perform the necessary measurements on the ground and in the air to verify that all systems are working properly and accurately.
Landing traffic in particular will have to divert to alternative runways at Schiphol. We will continue to use the noise preferential Polder and Kaag Runways wherever possible. During the works, more aircraft will land on the Buitenveldert Runway (27) and Schiphol-Oost Runway (22), increasing air traffic over neighbouring communities such as Amstelveen, Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer (Badhoevedorp) between 17 June and mid-September. Residents of Landsmeer, Waterland, Edam-Volendam, Diemen, Ouder-Amstel, Gooise Meren, Wijdemeren, Hilversum, Almere and Huizen may observe more air traffic in their areas.
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