• Runways marked in white• Taxiways marked in yellow
Taxi way Markings - Yellow
Runway Threshold
Taxiway
Displacement Markings
Threshold Markings
Sterile Area
Airfield Lighting
Taxiway Lighting – Blue Edge, Green Centre
PAPIs (Red/White)Threshold (Green)
Approach Lights (White)
Airfield Approach Lights
Threshold Green Lights
White Runway lights
Sterile Area
Red Obstruction Lights
Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPIs)
Threshold Lights
High Visibility “T”
Approach Lights
Lining up on Approach
Landing on Runway 15 – Birmingham Airport
Landing on Runway 15 – Birmingham Airport
Why are taxiway lights and markings so important?
Objectives
• Understand Airfield Layouts• Know how runways are numbered• Know how runways & taxiways are
marked – by day and night• Know how approach lights guide an
aircraft into land
Questions?
Questions
• What does “HAS” stand for?• What colour are obstruction lights?• What colour are threshold lights?• How are taxiways marked in daylight?• What colours are taxiway lights?• What is used on an airfield to show
wind direction?
Questions
• How are runways numbered?• True or False: Pilots will usually
choose to take off with the wind behind them.
• What is a “Sterile Area”?• How is a Sterile Area marked?