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  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Airport Markings and Signs › Holding Position Signs and Markings for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) Critical Area

    right. The sign in the background indicates that you are located on Taxiway Bravo and Taxiway November will take you to those runways. Figure 14-19. Surface painted taxiway direction signs. Holding Position Signs and Markings for an Instrument Landing ... System (ILS) Critical Area The instrument landing system (ILS) broadcasts signals to arriving instrument aircraft to guide them to the runway. Each of these ILSs have critical areas that must be kept clear of all obstacles in order to ensure…

  • Chapter 2. Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids › Section 1. Airport Lighting Aids › 2-1-5. In-runway Lighting

    runway Lighting a. Runway Centerline Lighting System (RCLS). Runway centerline 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…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers

    There are two advisory type services provided at selected airports. (a) Local Airport Advisory (LAA) is available only in Alaska and provided at airports that have a FSS physically located on the airport, which does not have a control tower ... where the tower is operated on a part-time basis. The CTAF for LAA airports is disseminated in the appropriate aeronautical publications. (b) Remote Airport Information Service (RAIS) is provided in support of special events at nontowered airports by request…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-25. Flight Inspection/‘Flight Check’ Aircraft in Terminal Areas

    Strobe lights should not be illuminated during taxi if they will adversely affect the vision of other pilots or ground personnel. f. At the discretion of the pilot-in-command, all exterior lights should be illuminated when taxiing ... conspicuousness of the aircraft to controllers and other pilots approaching to land, taxiing, or crossing the runway. Pilots should comply with any equipment operating limitations and consider the effects of landing and strobe lights on other aircraft in their vicinity…

  • Chapter 9: Aircraft Electrical System › Exterior Lights › Landing & Taxi Lights

    Each light may be controlled by a relay, or it may be connected directly into the electric circuit. On some aircraft, the landing light is mounted in the same area with a taxi light. [Figure 9-178] A sealed beam ... halogen, or high intensity xenon discharge lamp is used. Taxi lights are designed to provide illumination on the ground while taxiing or towing the aircraft to or from a runway, taxi strip, or in the hangar area. [Figure…

  • Chapter 1: Departure Procedures › Standardized Taxi Routes

    When exiting the runway, pilots should make sure they are turning with a “lead-off” taxiline onto a taxiway and not onto another active runway. Runway 12 and Taxiway B Aircraft northbound on taxiway B for departure on runway ... taxiway intersection D miss the right turn onto taxiway D and enter runways 12, 7L, and 25R. Runway 16R/34L at Taxiway F Aircraft taxiing to runway 16R from the southwest ramp miss the left turn onto taxiway B, continue eastbound…