Jeju Airport safety strengthened, azimuth facilities reinstalled - South Korea

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's "Aviation Safety Innovation Plan" will significantly strengthen the safety standards at Jeju International Airport. The localizer at Jeju International Airport is a fragile structure.
According to the Public Procurement Service and Jeju International Airport on the 12th, the Korea Airports Corporation recently announced the "Jeju Airport 07 Azimuth Facility Structure Design Project." The project this time is
The purpose is to improve the azimuth facility structure, which is 47m wide, 5m deep and 5m high, located at the ends of the east and west runways of Jeju Airport.
The construction cost is expected to be approximately 863 million won (approximately 92.3 million yen), and the design period is expected to be four months.
Azimuth facilities, also known as localizers, are navigational safety facilities that guide aircraft to land accurately along the centerline of the runway.
Future azimuth facilities are expected to be improved with comprehensive consideration given to the height of the antennas, the effect of radio waves, and the stability and vulnerability of the structures.
The existing structure will be removed and new structures will be designed to determine whether they are susceptible to failure in a crash.
Simulations will also be conducted. Prior to this, on December 29, 2018, a Jeju Air passenger plane left the runway during landing at Muan International Airport and collided with an azimuth facility.
In response to this, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced an aviation safety innovation plan in April this year and established an aviation safety innovation committee made up of private experts to implement measures to improve the situation.
The committee extracted improvement issues for each division, such as flight safety and the improvement of airport facilities, and finalized the measures after holding public discussion meetings and conducting interviews and surveys of on-site workers.
During this time, discussions on improving airport infrastructure facilities such as azimuth facilities and runway end safety areas were actively coordinated.
In response, it was decided to change the structure to one that is integrated with the ground and to a lightweight steel structure that is less susceptible to breakage.