An approach lighting system or 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.
Runway lighting system jeppesen.
Information on runway lighting at an airport.
These lights are visible from 3 5 miles throughout the day and up to twenty miles or more at night.
5 when different from the physical runway length landing distance beyond threshold is shown.
The runway end lights and any wing bars.
A detailed description of the runway lighting system at each licensed airport must be provided in the state aips.
Jeppesen charts list all of that information in one place.
Als usually serves a runway that has an instrument approach procedure iap associated with it and allows the pilot to visually identify the runway environment.
The runway threshold lights and any wing bars.
The visual approach slope indicator vasi is a system of lights arranged to supply visual descent guidance information throughout the approach to a runway for vfr and ifr pilots.
3 runway surface treatment grooving is indicated.
When you re transitioning from faa charts to jeppesen charts one of the biggest differences is where you find airport information like runway distances airport lighting alternate minimums and takeoff minimums.
2 all operational runway lighting and approach light systems are listed.
Approachlights classification class of facility length configurationand intensity of approachlights fals.
Approach lighting systems approach lights will be classifiedas fals ials balsandnalsasshownintableb 1below land ingminimumsdependonavailable approachlights.
The runway edge lights.