JKIA has NO instrument Landing System? (ILS)

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How can a flights be delayed / diverted because of a mere foggy weather?
Does this So called Cat1 Airport have ILS?
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IN SUMMARY
  • Flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa.
  • Kenya Airways says decision taken as a safety measure due to fog.
  • Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
Several flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa due to bad weather.
Among the affected planes was the 7.35am Kenya Airways flight from Kisumu which touched down at Moi International Airport in the coastal city.
ā€œWe have landed in Mombasa. Told thereā€™s heavy fog over JKIA so we couldnā€™t land. We are told to wait for 30 minutes here for the fog to clear and then resume our trip,ā€ tweeted Nelson Osiemo, who was in the flight.
Sources at Kenya Airways told the Nationthat the flights were diverted as a safety measure.
Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
At Wilson, take-off was restricted and planes could be seen parked as managers waited for the fog to clear.
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By MACHARIA MWANGI
More by this AuthorIN SUMMARY
  • Survivor recounts his miraculous escape from the jaws of death.
  • Ivraj Singh Hayer's wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were washed away by torrent floods.
  • They were part of 13 family members on tour at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Mr Ivraj Singh Hayer was still in a state of shock as he explained his miraculous escape from jaws of death.
His wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were not as lucky and they were washed away by torrent floods. Their bodies were found on Monday morning.
At 2.12pm on Sunday, according to Mr Hayer, they paid some fee and decided totake a quick walk through the famous gorge at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Ol-Jorowa Gorge at Hell's Gate National Park in Naivasha, Nakuru County. PHOTO | FILE
"Before I decided to take the detour...I was very inquisitive about the safety but they (guides) assured that it was well," said the mourning Mr Hayer.
With 13 family members in tow, they trudged on, eager to sample natural marvels at the historic gorge.
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At around 3pm slight showers triggered alarm bells, with Mr Hayer expressing his reservation but was told the last tragedy occurred almost nine years ago.
"Suddenly, the water started flowing downstream and me and my driver held at each other as my relatives were being swept away," he said.
"He (a guide) made several distress calls to the KWS main office but the response was not forthcoming," said Mr Hayer.
For close to one hour, they clung to their dear lives, with the driver holding on a stone while Mr Hayer and his niece clung on him.
"It took long for us to be rescued leading to death of the seven," he added.
LIVESTOCK SWEPT AWAY
For residents of the low lying Suswa area along the Naivasha-Narok highway, occasional floods sweep across their semi-permanent houses anytime it rains upstream.
But on Monday morning, they woke up to a rude shock after learning that the bodies of five family members swept away by torrent floods were discovered within the vicinity.
Some of their members had joined security agencies in the rescue and search mission, but the particular incident unnerved them.
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What do you mean "Does this So called Cat1 Airport have ILS? "

CAT I and Cat II runways use lights and altimeter radar..... You must visually see the runway withing a 600m-800m range for CATI and 400m for CATII to make the appropriate landing adjustments before reaching the runway ..


Only CAT III runways support auto-land(Auto-pilot Landing) and zero visibility of the runway.

Airports located in sunny coastal cities don't usually suffer because they never experience low visibility even in bad weather but cities that are in highlands or geographic locations that experience fog have to deal with this
 
Kafrican said:
What do you mean "Does this So called Cat1 Airport have ILS? "

CAT I and Cat II runways use lights and altimeter radar..... You must visually see the runway withing a 600m-800m range for CATI and 400m for CATII to make the appropriate landing adjustments before reaching the runway ..


Only CAT III runways support auto-land(Auto-pilot Landing) and zero visibility of the runway.

Airports located in sunny coastal cities don't usually suffer because they never experience low visibility even in bad weather but cities that are in highlands or geographic locations that experience fog have to deal with this
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ILS my Guy..Dont worry about Category..
Shameful!
 
Boss even though an airport can have ILS remember kuna decision height mostly 200 feet to see the runway ya kuland or else execute a missed approach, wacha siasa, our runway is better than yours, i actually was around Jkia and the service ceiling was very low
 
Mkikuyu- Akili timamu said:
How can a flights be delayed / diverted because of a mere foggy weather?
Does this So called Cat1 Airport have ILS?
CC: Kafrican
šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡

IN SUMMARY
  • Flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa.
  • Kenya Airways says decision taken as a safety measure due to fog.
  • Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
Several flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa due to bad weather.
Among the affected planes was the 7.35am Kenya Airways flight from Kisumu which touched down at Moi International Airport in the coastal city.
ā€œWe have landed in Mombasa. Told thereā€™s heavy fog over JKIA so we couldnā€™t land. We are told to wait for 30 minutes here for the fog to clear and then resume our trip,ā€ tweeted Nelson Osiemo, who was in the flight.
Sources at Kenya Airways told the Nationthat the flights were diverted as a safety measure.
Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
At Wilson, take-off was restricted and planes could be seen parked as managers waited for the fog to clear.
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'I watched as my wife was swept away at Hell's Gate gorge'

By MACHARIA MWANGI
More by this AuthorIN SUMMARY
  • Survivor recounts his miraculous escape from the jaws of death.
  • Ivraj Singh Hayer's wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were washed away by torrent floods.
  • They were part of 13 family members on tour at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Mr Ivraj Singh Hayer was still in a state of shock as he explained his miraculous escape from jaws of death.
His wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were not as lucky and they were washed away by torrent floods. Their bodies were found on Monday morning.
At 2.12pm on Sunday, according to Mr Hayer, they paid some fee and decided totake a quick walk through the famous gorge at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Ol-Jorowa Gorge at Hell's Gate National Park in Naivasha, Nakuru County. PHOTO | FILE
"Before I decided to take the detour...I was very inquisitive about the safety but they (guides) assured that it was well," said the mourning Mr Hayer.
With 13 family members in tow, they trudged on, eager to sample natural marvels at the historic gorge.
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At around 3pm slight showers triggered alarm bells, with Mr Hayer expressing his reservation but was told the last tragedy occurred almost nine years ago.
"Suddenly, the water started flowing downstream and me and my driver held at each other as my relatives were being swept away," he said.
"He (a guide) made several distress calls to the KWS main office but the response was not forthcoming," said Mr Hayer.
For close to one hour, they clung to their dear lives, with the driver holding on a stone while Mr Hayer and his niece clung on him.
"It took long for us to be rescued leading to death of the seven," he added.
LIVESTOCK SWEPT AWAY
For residents of the low lying Suswa area along the Naivasha-Narok highway, occasional floods sweep across their semi-permanent houses anytime it rains upstream.
But on Monday morning, they woke up to a rude shock after learning that the bodies of five family members swept away by torrent floods were discovered within the vicinity.
Some of their members had joined security agencies in the rescue and search mission, but the particular incident unnerved them.
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Hata America flights are diverted due to foggy weather.
 
KENPAULITE said:
Boss even though an airport can have ILS remember kuna decision height mostly 200 feet to see the runway ya kuland or else execute a missed approach, wacha siasa, our runway is better than yours, i actually was around Jkia and the service ceiling was very low
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Planes land in heavy snow..Fog is nothing
 
Mkikuyu- Akili timamu said:
Planes land in heavy snow..Fog is nothing
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Lazima upinge everything? The worst weather conditions are microbursts, hizo zingine it only depends na visibility, and i told you minimum height decision is 200 feet, is fog is beyond that no aircraft is allowed to land
 
Mkikuyu- Akili timamu said:
Diversions due to snow and Iced runways. NOT fog or Rain.
By the way planes have autoland from 1990's
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About a quarter of all departing and arriving flights out of New Yorkā€™s LaGuardia Airport were delayed Tuesday, according to
flight tracking service FlightAware. JFK International Airport, also in New York, and Philadelphia International Airport experienced similar delays, all thanks to that age-old culprit: fog.

REad more here to understand why even with ILS, fog still causes flights to be delayed/cancelled https://www.ibtimes.com/why-does-fog-cause-so-many-flight-delays-1929723



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Heavy fog causes flight delays, cancellations at Sydney Airport

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Heavy fog caused delays and cancellations at Australiaā€™s busiest international flight hub, Sydney Airport, on Saturday morning.
There were 10 cancellations of domestic flights and delays of international flights, a Sydney Airport spokesperson told Reuters at 8 a.m. local time (2200 GMT on Friday).
While the fog had lifted by noon, delays of up to an hour for international and domestic flights continued, the airport spokesman said.

www.reuters.com

Heavy fog causes flight delays, cancellations at Sydney Airport

Heavy fog caused delays and cancellations at Australia's busiest international flight hub, Sydney Airport, on Saturday morning.
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jerseyeveningpost.com

Fog causes flight cancellations and delays

Disruption was caused on Wednesday evening due to weather conditions, and those problems have continued into Thursday.Morning flights to Gatwick, London City, Guernsey, Exeter and Birmingham [ā€¦]
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Mkikuyu- Akili timamu said:
How can a flights be delayed / diverted because of a mere foggy weather?
Does this So called Cat1 Airport have ILS?
CC: Kafrican
šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡

IN SUMMARY
  • Flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa.
  • Kenya Airways says decision taken as a safety measure due to fog.
  • Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
Several flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa due to bad weather.
Among the affected planes was the 7.35am Kenya Airways flight from Kisumu which touched down at Moi International Airport in the coastal city.
ā€œWe have landed in Mombasa. Told thereā€™s heavy fog over JKIA so we couldnā€™t land. We are told to wait for 30 minutes here for the fog to clear and then resume our trip,ā€ tweeted Nelson Osiemo, who was in the flight.
Sources at Kenya Airways told the Nationthat the flights were diverted as a safety measure.
Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
At Wilson, take-off was restricted and planes could be seen parked as managers waited for the fog to clear.
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'I watched as my wife was swept away at Hell's Gate gorge'

By MACHARIA MWANGI
More by this AuthorIN SUMMARY
  • Survivor recounts his miraculous escape from the jaws of death.
  • Ivraj Singh Hayer's wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were washed away by torrent floods.
  • They were part of 13 family members on tour at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Mr Ivraj Singh Hayer was still in a state of shock as he explained his miraculous escape from jaws of death.
His wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were not as lucky and they were washed away by torrent floods. Their bodies were found on Monday morning.
At 2.12pm on Sunday, according to Mr Hayer, they paid some fee and decided totake a quick walk through the famous gorge at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Ol-Jorowa Gorge at Hell's Gate National Park in Naivasha, Nakuru County. PHOTO | FILE
"Before I decided to take the detour...I was very inquisitive about the safety but they (guides) assured that it was well," said the mourning Mr Hayer.
With 13 family members in tow, they trudged on, eager to sample natural marvels at the historic gorge.
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At around 3pm slight showers triggered alarm bells, with Mr Hayer expressing his reservation but was told the last tragedy occurred almost nine years ago.
"Suddenly, the water started flowing downstream and me and my driver held at each other as my relatives were being swept away," he said.
"He (a guide) made several distress calls to the KWS main office but the response was not forthcoming," said Mr Hayer.
For close to one hour, they clung to their dear lives, with the driver holding on a stone while Mr Hayer and his niece clung on him.
"It took long for us to be rescued leading to death of the seven," he added.
LIVESTOCK SWEPT AWAY
For residents of the low lying Suswa area along the Naivasha-Narok highway, occasional floods sweep across their semi-permanent houses anytime it rains upstream.
But on Monday morning, they woke up to a rude shock after learning that the bodies of five family members swept away by torrent floods were discovered within the vicinity.
Some of their members had joined security agencies in the rescue and search mission, but the particular incident unnerved them.
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Coming from a country which relied on Kenya for radar until last year.. šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚ šŸ˜‚
 
Jkia 2018 - 8.3 million passengers
JNIA - 2.8 million.
Mkikuyu- Akili timamu said:
How can a flights be delayed / diverted because of a mere foggy weather?
Does this So called Cat1 Airport have ILS?
CC: Kafrican


IN SUMMARY
  • Flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa.
  • Kenya Airways says decision taken as a safety measure due to fog.
  • Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
Several flights were on Monday morning diverted from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to Mombasa due to bad weather.
Among the affected planes was the 7.35am Kenya Airways flight from Kisumu which touched down at Moi International Airport in the coastal city.
ā€œWe have landed in Mombasa. Told thereā€™s heavy fog over JKIA so we couldnā€™t land. We are told to wait for 30 minutes here for the fog to clear and then resume our trip,ā€ tweeted Nelson Osiemo, who was in the flight.
Sources at Kenya Airways told the Nationthat the flights were diverted as a safety measure.
Fog engulfed parts of the Kenyan capital, including Wilson Airport, affecting operations.
At Wilson, take-off was restricted and planes could be seen parked as managers waited for the fog to clear.
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'I watched as my wife was swept away at Hell's Gate gorge'

By MACHARIA MWANGI
More by this AuthorIN SUMMARY
  • Survivor recounts his miraculous escape from the jaws of death.
  • Ivraj Singh Hayer's wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were washed away by torrent floods.
  • They were part of 13 family members on tour at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Mr Ivraj Singh Hayer was still in a state of shock as he explained his miraculous escape from jaws of death.
His wife, five other relatives and a tour guide were not as lucky and they were washed away by torrent floods. Their bodies were found on Monday morning.
At 2.12pm on Sunday, according to Mr Hayer, they paid some fee and decided totake a quick walk through the famous gorge at the Hell's Gate National Park.
Ol-Jorowa Gorge at Hell's Gate National Park in Naivasha, Nakuru County. PHOTO | FILE
"Before I decided to take the detour...I was very inquisitive about the safety but they (guides) assured that it was well," said the mourning Mr Hayer.
With 13 family members in tow, they trudged on, eager to sample natural marvels at the historic gorge.
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At around 3pm slight showers triggered alarm bells, with Mr Hayer expressing his reservation but was told the last tragedy occurred almost nine years ago.
"Suddenly, the water started flowing downstream and me and my driver held at each other as my relatives were being swept away," he said.
"He (a guide) made several distress calls to the KWS main office but the response was not forthcoming," said Mr Hayer.
For close to one hour, they clung to their dear lives, with the driver holding on a stone while Mr Hayer and his niece clung on him.
"It took long for us to be rescued leading to death of the seven," he added.
LIVESTOCK SWEPT AWAY
For residents of the low lying Suswa area along the Naivasha-Narok highway, occasional floods sweep across their semi-permanent houses anytime it rains upstream.
But on Monday morning, they woke up to a rude shock after learning that the bodies of five family members swept away by torrent floods were discovered within the vicinity.
Some of their members had joined security agencies in the rescue and search mission, but the particular incident unnerved them.
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