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Types of Runway Lighting Systems

The document discusses different types of runway lights used to help pilots land safely during low visibility conditions. It describes runway edge lights, threshold lights, centerline lights, touchdown zone lights, and wing bar lights. Runway edge lights outline the edges of runways. Threshold lights indicate the beginning and end of runways to prevent overshooting or undershooting. Centerline lights guide landing along the center of the runway and change from white to red over the last 3,000 feet. Touchdown zone lights indicate the optimal landing point. Wing bar lights identify the location of a displaced threshold.

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Types of Runway Lighting Systems

The document discusses different types of runway lights used to help pilots land safely during low visibility conditions. It describes runway edge lights, threshold lights, centerline lights, touchdown zone lights, and wing bar lights. Runway edge lights outline the edges of runways. Threshold lights indicate the beginning and end of runways to prevent overshooting or undershooting. Centerline lights guide landing along the center of the runway and change from white to red over the last 3,000 feet. Touchdown zone lights indicate the optimal landing point. Wing bar lights identify the location of a displaced threshold.

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Santos ATRN 222 1A

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Mr. Atendido

1. Runway Edge Lights - are used to outline the edgesof runways during periods of darkness or restricted visibility conditions. These light systems are classified according to the intensity or brightness they are capable of producing: they are the High Intensity Runway Lights (HIRL), Medium Intensity Runway Lights (MIRL), and the Low Intensity Runway Lights (LIRL). The HIRL and MIRL systems have variable intensity controls, whereas the LIRLs normally have one intensity setting. 2. Runway Threshold Lights - Threshold lights are used to ensure that pilots of both landing and departing aircraft know exactly where the runway begins and ends, respectively. This helps to prevent crashes due to planes overshooting or undershooting the runway.

3. Runway Centreline Lights - are installed on some precision approach runways to facilitate landing under adverse visibility conditions. They are located along the runway centerline and are spaced at 50-foot intervals. When viewed from the landing threshold, the runway centerline lights are white until the last 3,000 feet of the runway. The white lights begin to alternate with red for the next 2,000 feet, and for the last 1,000 feet of the runway, all centerline lights are red. 4. Runway Touchdown Zone Lights - are installed on some precision approach runways to indicate the touchdown zone when landing under adverse visibility conditions. They consist of two rows of transverse light bars disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline. The system consists of steady-burning white lights which start 100 feet beyond the landing threshold and extend to 3,000 feet beyond the landing threshold or to the midpoint of the runway, whichever is less.

5. Runway Wing Bar Lights - Wing bar lights shall be provided on a runway where the threshold is displaced to indicate the location of the displaced threshold. Wing bar lights shall be provided on a precision approach runway categoryII or III.

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