• Pilot-controlled lighting (PCL), also known as aircraft radio control of aerodrome lighting (ARCAL) or pilot-activated lighting (PAL), is a system that...
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    visual range). The runway lighting is controlled by the air traffic control tower. At non-towered airports, pilot-controlled lighting may be installed that...
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    A lighting control system is intelligent network-based lighting control that incorporates communication between various system inputs and outputs related...
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    Runway edge lights (category Airport lighting)
    visibility and pilot preference, but some airports do not have control towers. These airports will have Pilot Controlled Lighting, or PCL, where pilots can adjust...
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  • airfield traffic pattern. In many locations, smaller airports use pilot-controlled lighting systems when it is uneconomical or inconvenient to have automated...
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    Precision approach path indicator (category Airport lighting)
    by the pilot by keying the aircraft microphone with the aircraft's communication radio tuned to the CTAF or dedicated pilot controlled lighting (PCL) frequency...
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  • code: PCL) Pilot-controlled lighting, a system by which aircraft pilots can control the lighting of runways and taxiways via radio control Pocket check...
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  • Operations Area (MOA). It features pilot-controlled lighting. Traffic pattern altitude is 2,000 feet (610 m) MSL, and pilots must make right traffic for runway...
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  • Joint-use airport Naval outlying landing field Non-towered airport Pilot-controlled lighting STOLport List of shortest runways Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary...
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  • Pilot controlled lightingPilot direction indicator (PDI) – Pilot licenses – Pilot licensing and certification – Pilot reports (PIREPS) – Pilot’s Projected...
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  • Currently there are no scheduled services operating to Ashburton. Pilot Controlled Lighting Runway 16/34 Circuit: All runways left hand Circuit Height: 1300 ft...
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    regulations or local opposition may prevent establishment of the unit. Pilot-controlled lighting "Operations at Nontowered Airports" (PDF). AOPA. System, NASA...
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    shortest runways Naval outlying landing field Non-towered airport Pilot-controlled lighting Satellite airfield STOLport "Aviation Country Clubs Planned"....
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  • Decision-Making". Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PDF). Federal Aviation Authority. November 3, 2023. Nielsen, Dane. PILOT PREP. Canuck West...
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    use of pilots of long-bodied aircraft. Index of aviation articles Approach lighting system (ALS) Leading lights Optical landing system (OLS) Pilot controlled...
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    Runway (redirect from Runway lighting)
    airports/airfields (particularly uncontrolled ones) are equipped with pilot-controlled lighting, so that pilots can temporarily turn on the lights when the relevant authority...
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  • Joint-use airport Naval outlying landing field Non-towered airport Pilot-controlled lighting Satellite airfield STOLport List of shortest runways Wayports...
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  • RCLS can mean: Radio Controlled Lighting System (Pilot Controlled Lighting) Reactor Control and Limitation System Royal Canadian Logistics Service Runway...
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  • presence at two separate locations in Urbana. Navigation light Pilot-controlled lighting (PCL) Platt, Brainard (7 September 1977). "Midland-Ross Buying...
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  • code used to transmit information about radio navigation aids, airports, lighting facilities, dangers to aircraft, and actions related to search and rescue...
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    is necessary, as in when lighting a large burner. A United States patent was filed May 13, 1922, for a "safety gas-control system" by two employees of...
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  • precision approach path indicator (PAPI) lights on runway 28, pilot-controlled lighting, and an automated weather observing system (AWOS). The airport...
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    two-light PAPI for runway 27, Pilot Controlled Lighting and UNICOM. The airport is leased to the Vinton County Pilots & Booster Association by the county...
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  • both precision approach path indicators (PAPIs) at each end and Pilot Controlled Lighting which can be turned on and off by radio as required. Fuel and...
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    Navigation and communications equipment includes PAPI, AWOS, Pilot Controlled Lighting, and UNICOM. The airport runway, taxiway, and navigation equipment...
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  • illuminated for night flying by pilot-controlled lighting (PCL), activated on the 122.7 MHz frequency (medium-intensity edge lighting and runway end indicator...
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  • April 1976, it became the first airport in Australia to have a pilot-controlled lighting system installed. As part of a larger upgrade to the airport,...
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    ends and low-intensity runway lights can be activated by radio (Pilot Controlled Lighting). Two illuminated windsocks are on site. Non-precision instrument...
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    distance: 6,995 ft (2,132 m) Takeoff distance: 6,995 ft (2,132 m) Pilot Controlled Lighting (PCL) Low Intensity Runway Lights (LIRL) Precision Approach Path...
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    aviation, a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; usually /ˈsiːfɪt/ SEE-fit) is an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, fully under pilot control, is unintentionally...
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