Airport Lighting Procedures PDF

ATC PROCEDURES/ RADIO COMMS AIRPORT LIGHTING  AIRPORT BEACON > AT NIGHT, IT IS USED TO GUIDE PILOTS TO LIGHTED AIRPORTS. > USUALLY NOT OPERATING DURING THE DAY UNLESS THE CEILING IS LESS THAN 1,000 FEET AND/OR THE GROUND VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 3 STATUE MILES, THE NORMAL VFR W...

ATC PROCEDURES/ RADIO COMMS AIRPORT LIGHTING  AIRPORT BEACON > AT NIGHT, IT IS USED TO GUIDE PILOTS TO LIGHTED AIRPORTS. > USUALLY NOT OPERATING DURING THE DAY UNLESS THE CEILING IS LESS THAN 1,000 FEET AND/OR THE GROUND VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 3 STATUE MILES, THE NORMAL VFR WEATHER MINIMUMS.  TYPES OF AIRPORTS CIVILIAN AIRPORT – ALTERNATING WHITE AND GREEN LIGHTS WATER AIRPORT – FLASHING WHITE AND YELLOW LIGHTS MILITARY AIRPORT – TWO FLASHES OF WHITE THAT ALTERNATE WITH A SINGLE GREEN LIGHT HELIPORT – ALTERNATING BETWEEN GREEN, YELLOW AND WHITE LIGHTS.  VISUAL GLIDESLOPE INDICATOR > LIGHT SYSTEMS WHICH INDICATE YOUR POSITION IN RELATION TO THE DESIRED GLIDE PATH TO THE RUNWAY. > LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF A BASIC OR INSTRUMENT RUNWAY AND CAN BE USED FOR DAY OR NIGHT APPROACHES.  VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR (VASI) > SHOWS WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ON A GLIDE PATH THAT WILL TAKE YOU SAFELY TO THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE OF THE RUNWAY > MAY HAVE EITHER 2 OR 3 BARS  TRI-COLOR VASI > USES A SINGLE LIGHT UNIT TO PROJECT A THREE-COLOR VISUAL PATH. PULSATING VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR (PVASI) > PROJECTS A TWO-COLOR VISUAL APPROACH PATH INTO THE FINAL APPROACH AREA. > ALSO KNOWN AS PULSE LIGHT APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR (PLASI)  PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) IT HAS FOUR LIGHTS INSTALLED IN A SINGLE ROW INSTEAD OF FAR AND NEAR BARS.  APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM > HELP INSTRUMENT PILOTS TRANSITION TO VISUAL REFERENCES AT THE COMPLETION OF AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH. > THESE LIGHT SYSTEMS CAN BEGIN AS FAR AS 3,000 FT. ALONG THE EXTENDED RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND NORMALLY INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF STEADY AND FLASHING LIGHTS.  RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS CONSIST OF A SINGLE ROW OF WHITE LIGHTS BORDERING EACH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND LIGHTS IDENTIFYING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD (GREEN FOR START AND RED AT THE END).  RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS HIGH INTENSITY WHITE STROBE LIGHTS ARE PLACED ON EACH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY TO MARK THE THRESHOLD. IN RUNWAY LIGHTS RUNWAY CENTERLINE TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTS LIGHTING SYSTEM (RCLS) (TDZE) Is WHITE until the last 3,000ft Consist of two rows of of the runway. From 3000- transverse light bars on either FOOT point to the 1000-FOOT side of the runway centerline starting at 100ft from the point, ALTERNATING RED AND threshold and extending WHITE lights appear. 3,000ft or to the midpoint of With the last 1,000ft of lights the runway, whichever is less. changing to RED only. TAXIWAY LIGHTS  TAXIWAY EDGE LIGHTS BLUE OMNIDIRECTIONAL LIGHTS LINING BOTH EDGES OF THE TAXIWAY, GUIDE YOU FROM RUNWAY TO THE RAMP AREA.  TAXIWAY LEAD OFF/ON LIGHTS LEADS THE AIRPLANE TO ENTER THE TAXIWAY, OR FROM THE TAXIWAY TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. TAXIWAY CENTERLINE LIGHTS  OBSTRUCTION LIGHTING > GIVES YOU ADVANCE WARNING OF PROMINENT STRUCTURES SUCH AS TOWERS, BUILDINGS AND, SOMETIMES, EVEN POWER LINES. > BRIGHT RED AND HIGH INTENSITY WHITE LIGHTS TYPICALLY ARE USED AND FLASHING LIGHTS MAY BE EMPLOYED. PILOT-CONTROLLED LIGHTING