Airport Lights - Do You Know Them All? 💡

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Published 2022-09-23
Have you ever wondered what all those colourful lights at airports are for? Today, we are going ot take a deep dive into the miraculous world of airport lights! We are going to find out why they are used, what you can tell from all these lights and how they help pilots at night to find their way around an airport.

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The Miraculous World of Airport Lights

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All Comments (21)
  • @kristita_888
    This is a great video! As a little girl, I loved flying at night because the beautiful, sapphire blue lights were my very favorite. Now I know how they help guide pilots safely around the airport. I hope you have a great day!
  • @fluke196c
    I found a pallet of taxi way lights at a surplus shop, paid scrap metal prices for them. I now have 20 modified lights to illuminate my driveway
  • @johnboxxy3432
    Something you see in old footage, a car with a big FOLLOW ME sign on the roof. Low tech but effective I suppose.
  • @FiveTwoSevenTHR
    I like the PAPIs the best because I currently rarely fly at night and they help me get that perfect approach when I'm landing a 172 on a 11,000ft runway.
  • @Relkond
    I used to drive by these lights every night after work. I’m also nigh certain the radar or beacons for the runway were responsible for my phone having 5 bars and no reception… On one hand the lights are neat, on the other hand they marked a dead-zone that had my job-site at its edge. ‘Neat, but I’ll keep my distance’
  • @oldmandancing
    I've been a pilot for Southwest Airlines for over seven years and this is the first time anyone told me that the different colors of lights have different meanings. Maybe everyone figured it didn't matter, since I'm color blind. >>>>>JOKING<<<<<
  • @BillySugger1965
    I love the blue and green taxiway lights. They inspired me to do my night rating right after I got my PPL(A).
  • @DsYkX
    There are variants of PAPI lights, such as a variant with 2 lights, same concept though. Quite sure there's also a variant with one light, with different colours. The Boeing 747 actually wants to have 1 red 3 whites on their approach due to the height of the cockpit.
  • @subtolotox
    u made me fall in love with aviation ❤
  • @mateuszmista738
    Great video, you are passionate about what you are doing. Goid bless and thank you
  • @mozsab
    This was an incredible vid. Thx
  • @bluetheta
    Ohare and several other U.S. airports also us in pavement runway guard lights (has the same wig-wag as the lights on the sides of taxiways) as well the new stop bars. Runway occupancy lights are being installed during heavy maintenance to automate take off clearances (the string of red lights for traffic crossing a runway). ATC is currently being trained on the new system.
  • @fvngvsxx798
    Great video, I'm glad to see your channel growing!