This proposal is for a Permanent change to the notified airspace design, and the change level is TBC.
Cumbernauld Airport enjoyed the use of an NDB/DME non-precision instrument approach procedure to runway 25 until a storm destroyed the Navaid equipment. Since then, Britten Norman Islander aircraft which fly to remote Scottish Islands and are maintained at Cumbernauld have been hampered in meeting the standards of continuity, regularity and capacity due to inclement weather disrupting maintenance-flight arrivals and departures. There is an opportunity to reintroduce a instrument approaches to runway 25 utilising RNAV(GNSS) IAPs. Through European funding, the subject aircraft were equipped with suitable receiver equipment and it is now essential that Cumbernauld Airport satisfies the need to provide their client operators with an approach be used when, currently, delay or diversion results from poor weather. No new controlled airspace is required.
