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by reindeer76 1613 days ago
For context, most commercial airline pilots use autoland infrequently, around 1% to 2% of landings, or less. However, during low visibility conditions (fog), autoland is sometimes mandatory to be able to land at all.

In manual landings, I could expect that radio altimeter interference can still disturb the altitude callouts and terrain warnings.

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I’m an airline pilot that operates heavily in the Northeast US (lots of fog). It’s much less than 1% of landing where minimums below a standard ILS are necessary. I would guess I have to use a CAT II/III ILS approach maybe once a year.

These 5G NOTAMS are at most major airports now though, and they affect more than just auto land. From what I’ve seen, any approach that uses a radio altimeter is restricted at the moment. I wonder how long the FAA plans on keeping this up.