Airports, Airspace and Flight Information

Chapter 3, Section A

Visual Glide Slope Indicators

• Two-bar VASI

• Three-bar VASI

• PAPI

• Tri-colored VASI

Runway Lights

• Runway Edge Lights

– White - amber last 2,000 feet

• Threshold Lights

– Green approach

– Red departure

• Displaced Threshold lights

– Green on edge of runway

Runway Lights

• Touchdown zone lights TDZL– white flush - 100 to 3000 feet

• Runway Centerline lights RCLS

– white flush last 3000 to 1000 are red/white

– last 1000 are all red

• Land and hold short– five flush at hold short point

Runway Lights

• Taxi-lead off lights yellow and green• Taxiway centerline - green• Taxiway edge lights - blue• Pilot Controlled Lighting

– 7 clicks of mic in 5 seconds

– reduce intensity with fewer clicks

– Last for 15 minutes