An instrument landing system localizer, or simply localizer, is a system of horizontal guidance in the instrument landing system, which is used to guide aircraft along the axis of the runway.
An attitude indicator (AI), more commonly known as an artificial horizon. The localizer is shown on the scale below the attitude gauge, appearing as a small white "^" sign. Both the indicator and its scale are small.
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In aviation, the instrument landing system is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather. In its o
Instrument landing system localizer
…An instrument landing system localizer, or simply localizer (LOC, or LLZ prior to 2007), is a system of horizontal guidance in the instrument landing system, which is used to guide aircraft along the axis of the runway. In aviation, a localizer is the lateral component of the instrument landing system (ILS…
View of the primary component of the ILS, the localizer, which provides lateral guidance. The transmitter and antenna are on the centerline at the opposite end of the runway from the approach threshold. Photo of Indra's Normarc localizer, taken at the runway 06R of the Montréal–Trudeau International Airport, Canada.
The localizer station for runway 27R at Hannover Airport in Germany
Glide slope station for runway 09R at Hannover Airport in Germany
Odate-Noshiro Airport approach lighting system.