A dedicated runway
A unique feature of the Academy is our own 1,800 metre runway, where you will do all your in-flight training. Its direction and designation is South East/North West 29-11 and is capable of accommodating over 400 flights a day. Its key features are:
- ILS (Instrument Landing System) CAT I approach runway lighting system
- RNP RNAV/GPS Approaches
- PAPI Precision Approach Path Indicators at both ends of the runway
Following international standards, the runway also incorporates crucial markings including:
- Runway centreline
- Runway edge light and line
- Threshold markings
- Transverse strip and arrow markings for displaced threshold
- Runway designation characters
- Distance coding markers
- Aiming point
- Runway end lights
- Wind direction/speed indicators system and lit windsock