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  2. Precision approach path indicator - Wikipedia

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    It consists of two units with the inner unit located 10 metres (33 ft) from the runway edge. [1] The PAPI should be located on the left-hand side of the runway at right angles to the runway center line, although can be located on the right-hand side of the runway if required. The red lights are always on the side closest to the runway.

  3. Runway visual range - Wikipedia

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    A pilot's view of Lisbon Airport's runway 21 in fog; runway visual range is about 200 m (660 ft). In aviation, the runway visual range (RVR) is the distance over which a pilot of an aircraft on the centreline of the runway can see the runway surface markings delineating the runway or the lights delineating the runway or identifying its centre line.

  4. Visual approach slope indicator - Wikipedia

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    Simple VASIs are obsolete, having been deleted from ICAO Annex 14 in 1995, however T-VASIS and AT-VASIS are still specified. T-VASIS is defined as twenty light units symmetrically disposed about the runway centre line in the form of two wing bars of four light units each, with bisecting longitudinal lines of six lights".

  5. Visual Glide Slope Indicator - Wikipedia

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    The VGSI, if installed, is listed immediately after each runway and is coded to indicate the type and specific implementation. For example, Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK) located in Wheeling, IL has runway 16. In the A/FD, after runway 16 is listed "PAPI(P4L)" [1] which is a PAPI of four (4) identical light units placed on the left side of ...

  6. This airport landing is so challenging only 50 pilots are ...

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    Paro’s runway is just 7,431 feet long, and it’s flanked by two tall mountains. As a result, pilots can only see the runway from the air when they’re just about to land on it.

  7. Airfield traffic pattern - Wikipedia

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    Upon each landing, depending on the runway distance remaining, aircraft and pilot capabilities, noise abatement procedures in effect, and air traffic control clearance, the pilot will perform either a full stop landing (taxi to the runway beginning for subsequent take-off), a touch-and-go (stabilize in the landing roll, reconfigure the aircraft ...

  8. Runway edge lights - Wikipedia

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    The majority of runway edge lights are clear or white, [2] but there are some exceptions to provide additional information to pilots in certain circumstances. When an instrument runway lighting is designed, the last 600 metres (2,000 ft), or one-half of the runway length available (whichever is less), are bi-directional.

  9. 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]