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4.78 Aerodromes Lighting / Pilot Activated Lighting

1. General
  • At most aerodromes lighting duration is 20 minutes
  • By keying  the aircraft transmitter
  • on the designated frequency 
  • the lighting options change.
2. Activation
  • Five rapid and short transmissions,
  • collectively not exceeding three seconds.
3. Brilliance
  • To change intensity, repeat  activation sequence,but
  • hold the button down on the last transmission.
  • Lighting intensity  continuously cycles
  • until the transmit button is released.
4. Runway Selection
  • Where alternative runways are available the cycling will
  • include changing to the next runway(s) and
  • cycling their brilliance before starting the cycle again.
5. Reactivation
  • At any time a single transmission will
  • reset the lighting timer for a further 20 minutes.
  • Note: There is no warning prior to the lights turning off.