The airport lighting system provides three dimensional dynamic positioning information through light color, configuration, light intensity and effective range, ensuring that aircraft can take off, land and taxi safely at night, in low visibility or other complex weather conditions. These lighting facilities are distributed in the runway, taxiway, apron and other areas of the airport to ensure the safety and efficiency of flight operations.
Application of airport lighting system
Runway lighting: including runway edge lights, runway central line lights, runway end lights, etc., used to illuminate the runway surface to ensure that aircraft can still take off and land safely at night or in bad weather conditions.
Taxiway lighting: including taxiway edge lights, taxiway central line lights, etc., used to illuminate the taxiway surface to facilitate aircraft driving and positioning.
Parking stand lighting: including parking stand edge lights, parking stand central line lights, etc., used to illuminate the parking stand area to facilitate passenger and cargo loading and unloading operations.
Aircraft guidance lighting: including wingtip lights, fuselage lights, landing gear lights, etc., used to illuminate the aircraft surface to facilitate pilots to operate aircraft.
Terminal lighting: including indoor lighting and outdoor lighting, indoor lighting such as LED down lights, LED panel lights, etc., outdoor lighting such as landscape lighting, landmark lighting, etc., used to beautify the airport environment and enhance the airport image.
Obstacle lighting: used to illuminate obstacles around the airport, such as towers, radar stations, etc., to ensure aircraft flight safety.
Safety lighting: including emergency lighting, emergency exit lighting, etc., used to ensure the safety of passengers and staff in emergency situations.
Types of airport lighting system lamp
Airport lights: emitting strong flashes of white and green to indicate the location of the airport.
Recognition lights: emitting intermittent green flashes using a specified code.
Approach lights: helping the pilot align with the runway, adjust the aircraft attitude, and judge the distance to the runway entrance.
Runway entrance lights: marking the runway entrance.
Runway central line lights: marking the runway central line
Touchdown zone lights: marking the area where you can land.
Runway edge lights: marking the boundaries on both sides of the runway.
Runway end lights: marking the end of the runway.
Taxiway central lights: marking the taxiway central lights.
Advantages and trends of airport lighting system
Energy saving and environment protecting: As the world pays more attention to energy conservation, emission reduction and environmental protection, airport lighting systems will also