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  2. Runway status lights - Wikipedia

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    Runway Status Lights (RWSL) are a visual alerting system installed in some airport taxiways and runways for the purpose of collision-avoidance. When illuminated, red high-intensity LEDs indicate the presence of another vehicle either departing, occupying, or landing on an active runway .

  3. Approach lighting system - Wikipedia

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    Approach lights at Jyväskylä Airport, Finland The approach lighting system of Bremen Airport Approach lighting at Love Field, Dallas. An approach lighting system (ALS) is a lighting system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a series of lightbars, strobe lights, or a combination of the two that extends outward from the runway end. [1]

  4. Precision approach path indicator - Wikipedia

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    The PAPI can be seen to the right (non-standard) side of the runway. The aircraft is slightly below the glideslope. A precision approach path indicator (PAPI) is a system of lights on the side of an airport runway threshold that provides visual descent guidance information during final approach.

  5. Visual approach slope indicator - Wikipedia

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    The visual approach slope indicator (VASI) is a system of lights on the side of an airport runway threshold that provides visual descent guidance information during final approach. These lights may be visible from up to 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) during the day and up to 32 kilometres (20 mi) or more at night.

  6. Runway - Wikipedia

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    Runway end lights – a pair of four lights on each side of the runway on precision instrument runways, these lights extend along the full width of the runway. These lights show green when viewed by approaching aircraft and red when seen from the runway. Runway edge lights – white elevated lights that run the length of the runway on either ...

  7. Points of Interest: Runway Lights Confusing, TSA ... - AOL

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    Southwest Pilots who landed at the wrong airport blame runway lights, last week's TSA hearing in Congress is being called "silly" and flyers in the Asiana crash suing Boeing are among today's ...

  8. Why did the runway lights go dark at Southwest Florida ... - AOL

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    RSW experienced a power outage earlier this month causing the lights along the Fort Myers airport's only runway to go dark for a brief period.

  9. Runway end identifier lights - Wikipedia

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    Runway end identifier lights REIL installed near the runway 19 threshold at Teterboro Airport as seen from an approaching aircraft. Runway end identifier lights (REIL [1]) (ICAO identifies these as Runway Threshold Identification Lights) are installed at many airports to provide rapid and positive identification of the approach end of a ...