The Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria which plays significant role in the safety of Nigeria’s airspace is faced with inadequate maintenance thereby threatening its existence and jeopardizing the safety status of the airspace. About five months ago during the inaugural flight of Cameroon national carrier, Camair-Co to Nigeria, the pilot in command of the flight, […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has declared that the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON), project is working optimally. NAMA also said that spare parts for the facility are regularly sourced from the manufacturer, Thales of France whenever required. A statement by Mr. Khalid Emele, the General Manager, Public Affairs, NAMA said that the […]
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 […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has received approval from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to build multilateration technology system to monitor low flying aircraft in the littoral region of the country for security and safety purposes. Multilateration technology accurately locates low flying aircraft, many of which might not wish to be seen and it […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) over the years has faced the challenge of inadequate staff, especially in the technical area. For example, there have always been complaints about the paucity of Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), engineers, radio and communication personnel and other technical personnel. ATC has warned severally that as the seasoned hands are […]
