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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MSFS2020
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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!
  • 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.
  • @fvngvsxx798
    Great video, I'm glad to see your channel growing!
  • @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.
  • @goodlessnaren
    "But wait, there are more" This got me good : ) Thanks for your work and another gem!
  • @subtolotox
    u made me fall in love with aviation ❤
  • Very interesting video! I thought I had seen videos about most aviation-related topics by now, but nothing detailed about airport lights before, so it was a great choice of topic! Though all your videos are interesting! I also think the airport lights look very beautiful. My favorite is the view of the runway right before landing, with flashing approach lights showing the way "home". Looks pretty cool!
  • I love the blue and green taxiway lights. They inspired me to do my night rating right after I got my PPL(A).
  • Today, I have found this interesting topic. Whenever I see those night landings and takeoff, those lights get my all attention. This is a great video! Thank you so much!
  • @Aviator747
    As a pilot I can say: Well done. Entertaining and informative. 👍
  • Love flying at night in MSFS, this is really gonna enhance that experience. Great video!
  • An altogether mesmerizing video! One thing that constantly impresses me is how aircraft don't run over these lights. Many of them appear to stick out of the tarmac surface and be quite vulnerable, or so it seems from a passenger window.
  • @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<<<<<
  • @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’
  • @arkan7rb
    thank you Captain for great vid and information i am glad that u have listened and made diversity in the content instead of copy past aci videos keep it up greetings from Yemen
  • @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
  • @loddude5706
    Hmm. To us - they're correctly following the taxi lights . . For the crew - 'We're away with the fairies!' . . . Nice to know : )