FOG REDUCTION AT AIRPOR
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Date
2023
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UMT, Lahore
Abstract
In Aviation Industry, poor visibility due to fog has remain a global issue throughout the
history. Fog has remained a top most priority for the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) to somehow reduce it and enhance the landing and take-off
procedures effectively and efficiently. This research paper emphasizes on “Reduction of
Fog at Airports”, through means of practical experiments with the help of chemicals like
“Calcium Chloride Dihydrate; Potassium Per magnate; Polyvinyl alcohol 72000; Sand and
Sodium Chloride”. It represents solution for Industry to overcome fog issue with the
perspective that this experiment can be done on a larger scale with proper cautions so
that airports threshold marking can be seen clearly at night during winters. The fog
reduction is the ultimate solution that can be done beforehand through weather
forecasting and also future prediction of weather so that preparation of fog elimination at
airport can be done with caution and cover larger areas at the vicinity of airport. This
paper emphasizes on use of such chemicals that are anti-fogging agents (acidic in nature)
and are available easily. The comparison between used chemicals is also shown through
figures and their effectiveness is compared. The occupied Time recorded, thermometer
readings and humidity sensors used to take humidity readings for this particular
experiment. There is no effect of external factor on the experiment. Fog reduction
experiment is done with consideration of implementing it on larger scale by Aviation
Authorities on the runways and resolving the poor visibility issues faced by pilots while
landing and take-offs. This is a “Revolutionary Experiment” for the Aviation Industry