Australians stop looking down for VOR/DME, look up for GNSS

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Australia has begun the process of decommissioning a number of ground-based navigation aids, meaning that associated non-precision approach procedures will be withdrawn from service this week. On May 26, the process was initiated to switch off 179 navigation aids, including non-directional beacons (NDBs), VHF omni-directional radio ranges (VORs) and distance measuring equipment (DMEs) as part of the Airservices Navigation Rationalization Project

Aviation Business: Editor's Insights

26 May 2016

Starting today, Airservices Australia will begin switching off 179 ground based navigation aids such as Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Non Directional Beaons (NDBs) and VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) beacons.
From now on aircraft will look up at Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellites for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) guidance, not down at ground based aids. Airservices will no longer need to maintain the mechanical devices across Australia, some of which entered service in 1962.

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