Airport lighting

[Luke Mc]

Hello
Can anyone tell me about the different types of airport lighting, I know there are different types of approach lighting systems some using steady burning lights and some with strobes, I know that instrument runways have TDZ lights, green threshold lights, red end lights and red stopway lights. Some reunways have yellow caution zone lighting, what is that? Taxiway lighting is green C/L and or blue edge. Also there are light beacons at some airports, some rotating white and some with a green morse ID, how do those beacons work? Are the rotating or strobe? What is the most common type of approach lighting system at UK, European and US major airports?

[BayAreaLondoner]

You might find this to be a good source of basic information.
Note that it is FAA (American), so it would be worth finding local (UK) sources of information. I know that concerning airport markings, etc. not all US airports (particularly smaller ones) follow international standards (ICAO I would imagine).
http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/AIM/chap2toc.htm

[cossack]

Hi Luke
For the UK you'll need to look at CAP 168 (http://www.srg.caa.co.uk/publications/cap168.pdf)
Its a weighty tome that details everything needed at a licensed UK aerodrome.
You'll need Adobe Acrobat to read it.
No more sleepless nights for you! :D

[BayAreaLondoner]

Life before Acrobat... What did we do? :D
Bloody brilliant!

[Rad1]

Luke,

While you're looking at CAP 168 on the CAA web site take a look at CAP 637 in the same place. Another quite big download but a great little book that tells you about all the common (and some not so common) lighting you might come across at an airport.