Instrument landing system localizer

"Localizer" redirects here. For other uses, see Localization.
Localizer as component of an ILS (KMEZ runway 27, Mena, Arkansas)
Emission patterns of the localizer and glide path signals

An instrument landing system localizer, or simply localizer (LOC,[1] or LLZ prior to 2007[2]), is a system of horizontal guidance in the instrument landing system, which is used to guide aircraft along the axis of the runway.

  1. ^ ICAO Abbreviations and Codes (DOC 8400) (Report) (9th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2016.
  2. ^ ICAO Abbreviations and Codes (DOC 8400) (Report) (6th ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2004.