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Flight Environment Pt.3 Flashcards

Airport lighting to wind indicators

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1
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They are standardized so that airports use the same light colors for runways and taxiways

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Airport Lighting

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They help a pilot identify an airport at night. They are normally operated from dusk until dawn

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Airport beacons

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Airport beacons are turned on if the ceiling is less than ___________ and/or ground visibility is less than ________________ (VFR minimums)

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1,000 feet, 3 statute miles

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This may be an omnidirectional capacitor-discharge device, or it may rotate at a constant speed, that produces the visual effect of flashes at regular intervals

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Airport beacons

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What are the airport beacon light colors for civilian land airports?

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flashing white and green

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What are the airport beacon light colors for water airport?

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flashing white and yellow

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What are the airport beacon light colors for heliport?

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Flashing white, yellow, and green for heliport

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What are the airport beacon light colors for a military airport

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two quick white flashes alternating with a green flash

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They are primarily intended to provide a means to transition from instrument flight to visual flight for landing.

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Approach light systems

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They provide the pilot with glidepath information that can be used for day or night approaches

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Visual Glideslope indicators

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By maintaining the proper glidepath as provided by the system, a pilot should have adequate obstacle clearance and should touch down within a specified portion of the runway

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Visual Glideslope Indicators

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This is a system of lights arranged to provide visual descent guidance during an approach

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Visual Approach Slope Indicator

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State the three phrases for visual approach slope indicator

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Red over white, you’re alright
White over White, high as a kite
Red over red, you’re dead

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This is a tri-color system consists of a single- light unit projecting a three-color visual approach path

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Visual Approach Slope Indicator

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State the visual approach slope indicator colors

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Red: Below the glidepath
Green: on the glidepath
Amber: above the glidepath

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They usually consist of a single-light unit projecting a two-color visual approach path into the final approach area of the runway

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Pulsating VASIs

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What does steady white mean?

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on glidepath

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What does steady red mean?

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slightly below glidepath

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What does pulsating red mean?

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below the glidepath

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What does pulsating white mean?

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above glidepath

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This uses lights similar to the VASI system, except they are installed in a single row, normally on the left side of the runway

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Precision Approach Path Indicator

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They are installed at many airfields to provide rapid and positive identification of the approach end of a particular runway

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Runway end identifier lights (REIL)

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The system consists of a pair of synchronized flashing lights located laterally on each side of the runway threshold. They may be either omnidirectional or unidirectional facing the approach area

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Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL)

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They mark the ends of the runway. They emit red lights toward the runway to indicate the end of runway to a departing aircraft, and emit green outward from the runway end to indicate the threshold to landing aircraft

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Runway Threshold Lights

25
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They are used to outline the edges of runways at night or during low visibility conditions

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Runway Edge Lights

26
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These lights are white, except on instrument runways where amber lights are used on the last 2,000 feet or half the length of the runway, whichever is less. The lights marking the end of the runway are red

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Runway Edge Lights

27
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They are located along the runway centerline and are space at 50-foot intervals

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Runway Centerline Lights

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When viewed from the landing threshold, they 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 remaining 1,000 feet of the runway, all centerline lights are red

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Runway Centerline Lights

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They are installed on some precision approach runways to indicate the touchdown zone

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Touchdown Zone Lights

30
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These lights consist of two rows of transverse light bars disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline

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Touchdown Zone Lights

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The system consists of steady-burning white lights that start 100’ beyond the landing threshold and extend to 3,000’ beyond the landing threshold or to the midpoint of the runway, whichever is less

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Touchdown Zone Lights

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These are lights that are located along the taxiway centerline to facilitate the ground traffic under low visibility conditions. These lights are steady burning and emit green light

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Taxiway Centerline Lights

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They outline the edges of taxiways during periods of darkness or restricted visibility conditions. These fixtures are steady burning and emit blue light

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Taxiway Edge Lights

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They are installed at holding positions on taxiways in order to increase the conspicuity of the holding position in low visibility conditions. They consist of three in-pavement steady-burning yellow lights

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Clearance Bar Lights

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They are installed at taxiway/runway intersections. They are primarily used to enhance the conspicuity of taxiway/runway intersections during low visibility conditions, but may be used in all weather conditions

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Runway Guard Lights

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They consist of either a pair of elevated flashing yellow lights installed on either side of the taxiway, or a row of in-pavement yellow lights installed across the entire taxiway, at the runway holding position marking

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Runway Guard Lights

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They confirm the ATC clearance to enter or cross the active runway in low visibility conditions. These lights consist of a row of red unidirectional, elevated and in-pavement lights placed at the runway holding position (runway entrance or ILS critical area)

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Stop bar Lights

38
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They are marked or lighted to warn pilots of their presence during daytime and nighttime conditions. They can be found both on and off an airport to identify obstructions.

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Obstruction Lights

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What are the three conditions for obstruction lights?

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Red obstruction lights, High intensity white obstruction lights, Dual lighting

40
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They flash or emit a steady red color during nighttime operations, and the obstructions are painted orange and white for daytime operations

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Red Obstruction Lights

41
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They flash high intensity white lights during the daytime with the intensity reduced for nighttime

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High intensity white obstruction lights

42
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They are a combination of flashing red beacons and steady red lights for nighttime operation and high intensity white lights for daytime operations

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Dual Lighting

43
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They are red in colour and either flash or rotate to provide a pulsating warning light. They are normally installed in pairs with one on the top of the fuselage and the other on the bottom. (They’re turned on prior to engine start and turned off after engines have been shut down)

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Beacon Lights

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They consist of a red light on the left wing tip, a green light on the right wing tip and a white light on the aircraft tail. Dual systems are often installed to provide redundancy in the event of a bulb failure

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Navigation Lights

45
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They are the medium intensity lights which may be mounted on the nose landing gear strut, in the aircraft nose or at the wing roots. They are used to provide illumination of the taxiway during ground operations

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Taxi Lights

46
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When installed, these are usually positioned near the trailing edge of the wing tips and may also be installed on the tail of the aircraft. They are high intensity white lights which flash at a regular interval

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Strobe Lights

47
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They are normally turned on when entering an active runway for takeoff and turned off when leaving the runway after landing

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Strobe Lights

48
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They are similar to taxi lights except they are mounted on an angle pointing to the left and right of the aircraft nose. These lights will illuminate taxiways or obstacles on either side of the aircraft

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Runway Turnoff Lights

48
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They are high intensity lights used to illuminate the runway surface for takeoff and landing and also to facilitate the aircraft being seen by other pilots

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Landing Lights

49
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These are generally mounted on the upper surface of the horizontal stabilizer and are aimed to illuminate the company markings on the tail of the aircraft

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Logo Lights

50
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Enforcement aircraft, such as police helicopters, and search and rescue aircraft may be equipped with high intensity __________

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Search Lights

51
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This is the oldest and most common wind indicating device. It is a cone-shaped device built of durable, flexible material

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Wind Sock

52
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The stem (bottom) of the “T” is pointing in the direction where the wind is GOING indicating that landings should be in the opposite direction

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Wind Tee

53
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This points to the direction from which the wind is COMING from indicating that landings should be in that direction

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Tetrahedron

54
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This is a visual indicator that provides traffic pattern information to pilots at airports without a control tower

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Segmented Circle

55
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What are the three components of the segmented circle?

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  • landing runway indicators
  • traffic pattern indicators
  • wind cone

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