Flying Operation

operational facilities

The Operational Area houses ATC cum Flight Operations, Simulators, three Hangars and Refuelling Station. IGRUA has its own fire fighting facilities, Medical facilities, Night flying facilities, independent Runway (1722m), equipped with PAPI, VOR/DME, ILS, own ATC independent local flying area and does not depend upon other airports for availability of modern aids for training purposes.

During first 3 months the trainees are with the Ground Training Faculty where they are taught and exposed to subjects like Air Navigation, Principles of Flight, Technical (General & Specific), Aviation Meteorology, Air Regulations and Radio Telephony Restricted (A). There after they are routed to Flight Operations for Flying Training.

Before commencement of flying training on actual aircraft, the students are trained on simulators. They start with basic checks, familiarization with instrumentation on board and approved procedures. The simulator flying exercises progress concurrently with actual aircraft flying training exercises. Bad weather and Emergency conditions and possible technical snags in actual aircraft flying can be generated on simulators to make our students more confident to face such eventualities on actual aircraft.

The Flying Training at IGRUA initially commenced with 8 TB – 20 aircraft. To cater for large number of aspirants, IGRUA has inducted additional state-of-the-art fleet with glass cockpits It has now grown up with fleet as below

The trainees, finally, graduate as CPL holders with Instrument Rating on both Multi and Single Engine aircraft as per DGCA requirements.

Trainees get the right kind of exposure to different NAV AIDS, with NDB, ILS, VOR, DME installation on the airfield together with precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI).