Akinkuotu Aviation

Improving Communication in Nigeria’s Airspace

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has said that it is making concerted efforts to eliminate difficulties in the area of communication in Nigeria’s airspace. The agency said that it is now providing the final solution to the hitherto intractable and protracted problem of communication, which is critically important for air safety. The Managing Director […]

Aviation

NAMA Splits Sub-Flight Information Regions to Enhance Congestion in Airspace

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully split the Lagos Sub-Flight Information Region (Sub-FIR) airspace into two sectors: Lagos West Area Control Centre on 120.9MHz radio frequency and Lagos East Area Control Centre on 127.3MHz frequency. The sectorization which took off at exactly 00.01 UTC on Thursday, the 18th of July 2019 was a culmination […]

TRACON Radar in Lagos Aviation

TRACON Malfunctions Due to Lack of Spares

The Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON), which provides images of aircraft on the radar scope for easy separation in the airspace, may have broken down due to lack of spares. The installation of the TRACON project commenced in 2003, was eventually completed in 2010 at the cost of 66,500,870 million euros paid by the […]