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The bigger issue here is that the ILS is being set aside in favor of visual approaches in order to slot in a few more approaches per hour.

What's the point of equipping SFO with ILS if it's just going to sit idle?



Charted/Published visual approaches use the localizer part of the ILS equipment, and pilots have the option of using the glide slope.

“ILS” is equipment, but it’s also procedures and (increased) spacing (compared to visual separation).


ILS is needed when conditions don’t allow visual approaches. Like, clouds existing.


Clouds at SFO???? Never!


It’s not “a few”. Parallel landings allow double the throughput.




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