Airports
Al Bateen expands to IFR service
Abu Dhabi’s Al Bateen Executive Airport will commissio

Abu Dhabi’s Al Bateen Executive Airport will commission its new instrument landing system and GNSS/VOR/DME-based precision approach this month, ending its VFR-only limitation. The former military air base now lays claim to being the Middle East’s only dedicated business aviation airport and further redevelopment is planned as it prepares to double its annual movements to more than 12,000 by 2014.

The installation of precision landing aids will clear the way for far more operators to use the airport, especially those covered by insurance policies that prohibit VFR operations.