Airport and Runway Markings and Lights
Written by Jack on May 31st, 2008
| Objective: |
To familiarize the student with the various markings and lights on an airport. |
| Content: |
- Runway numbering conventions
- VFR vs. IFR runways
- Displaced threshold
- Blast pad/stopway
- Taxiway Markings
- Vehicle roadway markings
- Solid white lines are boundaries
- Dashed white lines separate lanes within roadway
- VOR receiver checkpoint markings
- Painted circle w/ arrow in the middle pointing in direction of checkpoint azimuth
- Non-movement area boundary markings
- Two yellow lines, one solid, one dashed
- Airport Signs – 6 Types (see PHAN Figures 12-3 & 12-4)
- Mandatory Instruction Signs
- White letters, red background
- Entrance to runway, critical area, or prohibited area
- Location signs
- Yellow letters, black background, yellow border
- Taxiway/runway location, boundary of runway, or ILS critical area
- Direction Signs
- Black letters, yellow background
- Destination Signs
- Information Signs
- Runway Distance Remaining Signs
- Airport Lighting
- Airport Beacon
- Approach Light Systems
- Visual Glideslope Indicators
- Runway Lighting
- REILs
- Runway edge lights
- In-Runway lighting
- Taxiway Lights
- Obstruction Lights
- Control of Airport Lighting
- Wind direction Indicators
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See AOPA Safety Advisor No. 2 “Operations at Towered Airports” in Appendix
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| Completion Standards: |
The lesson is complete when the instructor determines that the student has adequate knowledge of airport and runway markings and lights by giving an oral or written exam. |
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