Lagos Airfield Gets Lighting Facilities 5 Years After

The domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos has come alive again as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (Nama) few hours ago, successfully deployed an emergency airfield lighting on the popular 2.7 km Runway 18 Left, thereby making it possible for flights to land at night.
 
Absence of the airfield lighting on the runway for five years forced domestic airlines to land after sunset at the international wing, thereby burning extra fuel to taxi down to their various terminals before disembarking passengers.

In all, 66 CALKIT brand of emergency airfield and additional two  approach lights were deployed by six NAMA engineers  working through Monday night and rounded up early Tuesday morning.

CALKIT , is ICAO,FAA and UKCAA certified airfield  lighting  ,meaning that the product is of international standard and safe for deployment in any part of the world.

The facility is of Combined Omni-directional Runway edge light, Light Emitting Diode (COREL LED) portable lighting system with end lights .Seasoned  Engineers  that made the installation possible include; the General Manager ,Airfield Lighting , Engr.Taiwo Makinwa , Engr Muyiwa Adegorite,SA to MD /CE, Engr Charles Iroro, Engr Anjorin Alaba,  Atiku Abubakar and Engr Amechi.

Speaking on the development, Engineer Nnamdi Udoh, managing director of the Agency, lauded the commitment of the engineers who defied all the  family pressure at this yuletide season  to work round the clock to deliver the immediate deployment of this vital navigational facility on the runway.

"We are indeed grateful to the federal government, especially the hard working minister of aviation, Princess   Stella Oduah who took the initiative to transfer this safety critical operation to NAMA earlier in the year and withstood all pressure to sustain the successes recorded in the  industry.

"With this latest achievement, we can proudly say, travellers should expect more deployment of modern equipment to drive our vision of quality delivery at airports across the country in the new year," Udoh further remarked.