Watts Antenna Company

Watts Antenna Company designs and manufactures ground based navigational antennas. Its main product is the instrument landing system, or ILS, antenna. The company is a Virginia based corporation. It moved manufacturing to a larger facility in The Plains, Ohio in 2017.

The site says the company has made ILS antennas for more than 40 years. These antennas help airports increase capacity, safety and efficiency. They are used at regional airports and at busy international airports.

The company's products include GP5 and GP7 image glide slope antennas. It also makes model 105, 106 and 107 end fire glide slope antennas. Its model 201 is a super-wide aperture localizer antenna. The antennas are designed to shape and steer the radiated signal away from structures.

The site says the antennas can allow regional airports to add an ILS where they had been told a site was too challenging. It says international airports can use them to make room for taxiways, security fencing and runway extensions.

The site cites Miami International Airport. It commissioned a Watts end fire glide slope antenna in 2020. This let the airport extend a taxiway that would otherwise conflict with an imaging ILS antenna.

The company offers support courses. These include end fire installer, maintainer and instructor certification, and a flight inspection certification course for end fire antennas. The site also lists a certified professionals list, an installer resource page and refurbishment kits.

The site has pages for stakeholders such as air traffic controllers, airlines, airport owners and civil aviation authorities. The phone number is +1.740.797.9380. A second number is +1.740.797.9787.