An Instrument Landing System (ILS), which concentrates landing aircraft in a narrow path, was introduced at Gold Coast airport to facilitate easier landings in poor weather. Concerned residents petitioned the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), which made it a condition of the airport’s Major Development Plan that a Noise Abatement Procedure (NAP) be developed to ensure that the ILS would only be used when weather conditions demanded it, or in emergencies.
The Aircraft Noise Ombudsman acknowledges Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.