City Airport Manchester pioneers FID system
Manchester Barton Aerodrome in Greater Manchester has become the first airfield in the UK to gain approval from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for a new low cost safety system which provides real-time information to air traffic staff, working in the UK’s oldest operational control tower. The system, known as a Flight Information Display (FID), looks similar in appearance to a radar screen used at large airports, but uses a low...
