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| has no markings. May have threshold markings, designators, and centerlines. Does not provide instrument-based landing procedure. Must be able to see runway to use, pilot must be self-reliant (no radio communication) |
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| used by small to medium airports. May be marked with threshold marking, designators, centerlines at 1000 ft or 1500 ft mark known as an aiming point, which provide horizontal guidance to planes on instrumental approach |
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| a 1000 or 1500 ft mark which provides horizontal position guidance to planes on instrument approach at some non-precision runways |
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| Runway markings are what color? |
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| Helo landing areas are what color? |
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| Hospital heloports are what color? |
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| markings for taxiways, even when on a runway, are what color? |
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| precision instrument runways |
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| used at medium to large airports and consist of blast pad/stopway, threshold, designator, centerline, aiming point, and touchdown zone marks at 500 ft intervals from 500 ft to 3000 ft. Include horizontal and vertical guidance for instrumental approaches. |
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| Adequate length for for an aircraft weighing less than 200,000 lbs |
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| Approach Lighting System (ALS) |
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| a series of light bars, strobe lights, or a combination of the two that extends outward from the approach end of the runway |
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| Runway End Identification Lights (REIL) |
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| a pair of synchronized flashing lights installed at the runway threshold, one on each side. They can face the approach direction of be omnidirectional. They enhance identification of a runway surrounded by other lights or lacking contrast with the surrounding terrain, as well as reduced visibility. |
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| a pair of four lights on each side of precision instrument runways, extending the full width of the runway. They show green when viewed by approaching aircraft and red when sen from the runway to indicate the end of the runway to a departing aircraft. |
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| White elevated lights running the length of the runway on both sides. On precision instrument runways, the edge lighting becomes yellow in the last 2,000 ft or half the runway length, whichever is greater. Taxiways have omnidirectional blue lights or green center lights. |
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| runway end lights are what color when viewed by approaching aircraft? |
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| Runway end lights are what color when viewed by departing aircraft? |
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| In the last 2,000 ft or halfway through the runway length of precision instrument runways, the edge lights become what color? |
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| Omnidirectional blue lights or green center lights |
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| Taxiways have what color edge lights? |
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| Runway Centerline Lighting System (RCLS) |
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| White lights embedded in the surface of the runway along the centerline at 50ft intervals, changing to alternating red and white 3,000 ft from the end of the runway and then to red for the last 1,000 ft. |
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| What color are the lights embedded in the surface of the centerline? |
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| At what intervals are the white lights embedded in the surface of the centerline placed? |
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| 3,000 ft from the end of the runway |
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| At what distance do the runway center lights change from white to alternating red and white? |
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| 1,000 ft from the end of the runway |
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| At what distance do the runway center lights change from alternating red and white to all red? |
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