Fully automatic landing in fog ✈️The vast majority of landings are completed manually.However, to enable flight operations to continue in low visibility conditions, aircraft have the ability to conduct autolands.For an aircraft to be able to land automatically, we need to setup and brief for the approach slightly differently.We also require certain ground equipment to be operational at the landing airport, such as a CAT 2/3 certified ILS, specific runway lighting and the airport being in Low Vis

Nearly 60 years ago, a commercial flight made history as the first to land automatically. Today, automatic landing systems are installed on most commercial aircraft, improving the safety of landings in difficult weather or poor visibility. But what about automatic takeoffs? Currently, commercial passenger jets are not able to take off automatically. However, the world’s third-largest aircraft manufacturer, Brazil’s Embraer, is introducing automatic takeoffs. The company stated that the system is