Advanced radar to serve capital's new airport

China's civil aviation authorities are always keen to improve the punctuality of airlines, especially when passengers' fury sometimes erupts over delays caused by inaccurate weather forecasts.

The latest solution is an advanced radar that designers say will substantially boost airport managers' capability to accurately forecast and handle weather conditions.

Beijing Daxing International Airport, the capital's new air hub, will be China's first airport to use the solid-state, dual polarization millimeter wave radar. The system was developed by researchers at the Beijing Institute of Radio Measurement, part of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp Second Academy.