Problem:
Expanding air traffic requires large hangars, terminals etc. on airports
Constructional activities require a number of assembled cranes
Typical height up to 50 to 70m or even higher
Typical length of the jib up to 50m or longer
Close distances to the runway, but outside the critical and sensitive areas
Illuminated by the horizontally polarized navaids and landing systems
Rotating jib is a highly transient and effectively scattering object
Observations/Measurements:
DDM-distortions of large cranes
(can) exceed the CATIII specs on the runway
Incidents are reported for a destruction
of the capture ratio on the entire runway
Effects are reported in the clearance
intercept region of dual frequency ILS
Highly transient effects and difficult
to measure
Requires coordination of jib positions
Worst case superpositions of some
cranes occur, but rarely
Wind safety rules for the cranes
support the worst case occurence