Questions tagged [airport-lighting]
Use on questions about how airport lighting is used, installed or operated. Airport lighting includes runway and taxiway lights, approach lighting, airport beacons, etc.
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What is "two letter identification code" and how is this code sent as a signal with light by flashing?
What is "two letter identification code" and how is this code sent as a signal with light by flashing?
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Runway edge and center line lights spacing
We use the number of visible lights on a runway edge/center line to estimate the RVR in LVTOs. So, what is the minimum/maximum spacing between runway edge and center line spacing ?
Where do we find ...
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What should I do to prevent confusion for pilots due to the long distance between edge units on taxiways next to rapid exit taxiways?
We are at Hurghada Int’l Airport (HEGN) and we have a problem in three rapid exit taxiways named V5, V6 and V7 with taxiway V:
Moving to V5 for example, if you measure the distance between the first ...
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What does MALSR stands for in an IFR chart?
I was going through PPL Jeppesen (I am a student pilot), and I was wondering if you could help me out by telling me the meaning of this. Been looking in different websites and other literature, but I ...
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Does the fact that the TDZ is not written for runway 22 means there are touchdown zone lights only for runway 04?
Does the fact that the TDZ is not written for runway 22 means there are touchdown zone lights only for runway 04?
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What are the names by which runways are classified according to the configuration of the placement of the approach lighting systems?
What are the names by which runways are classified according to the configuration of the placement of the approach lighting systems? (I'm not talking about HIALS or HIALS-II because those terms are ...
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What exactly is the difference between HIALS and HIALS-II lighting systems?
What exactly is the difference between HIALS and HIALS-II lighting systems? The symbols at the beginning of the runways are very different and I cannot classify them in a particular way. But in ...
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Why are taxiway and runway centerline lights off center?
The centerline lights for runways and taxiways are to the side of the centerline itself by a few inches. This, of course, is not a problem, but why are the lights positioned that way?
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There is a difference in the runway lighting systems symbolized in the planview and the lighting system specified in additional runway information?
Although two different lighting systems are symbolized for two runways in the airport plan view, the same lighting system is specified for runways 05 and 23 in the additional runway information ...
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What is the speed of the approach lights rabbit?
If you were flying past the rabbit and passed each bulb as it lit, what speed would you be flying at? The rabbit is 2400 feet long, spaced at 100 foot increments and consists of 15 lights. The math ...
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Do sectional charts indicate which runways have lighting installed?
KSFF has 3 runways (one in the water, two on land).
The sectional shows *L yet only 4L/22R has lights. Is there a trick on the sectional to tell which runway has ...
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Are airports still required to have a rotating beacon?
In the age of computers (GPS) do newly built airports still have the rotating beacon?
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Why is there no airport beacon light symbol on the sectional for KSAC, although it does have one?
The star symbol on the top of the airport means airport beacon light but
Sacramento Executive (KSAC) has no star symbol but they do have a beacon light and controlled airport as well.
Is that ...
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What is the distance between RLLS lights?
I've looked everywhere for a few days now, but I can't seem to find the distance between lights on an RLLS approach lighting system. The specific one I am looking at is for the 31C approach at KMDW.
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Does pilot-controlled lighting work if you are interrupted by another voice transmission?
This question is in the context of pilot-activated runway lighting, which involves clicking the microphone e.g. 7 times to turn on the lights at night. I was wondering what happens when you are ...
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