LED Airport Lighting Behavior in Real-World Conditions

Snyder, Carl; Scarpone, Christopher; Samiljan, Robert; Mackey, Stephen; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)

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LED Airport Lighting Behavior in Real-World Conditions

2021-03-31
By Snyder, Carl ; Scarpone, Christopher ; Samiljan, Robert ; ...

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Snyder, Carl ; Scarpone, Christopher ; Samiljan, Robert ; Mackey, Stephen

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Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

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Airport Lighting Airport Runways Data Collection High Intensity Runway Lights HIRL Incandescent Lamps LED LED Lighting Light Emitting Diodes Lighting Systems MALS Medium-intensity Approach Lighting System Runway Visual Range Visibility Weather Conditions
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-VNTSC-FAA-21-04
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Massachusetts
Edition:

Final report; March 2021
Corporate Publisher:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Abstract:

The Federal Aviation Administration sponsored a test of LED variants of certain types of airport lighting (High Intensity Runway Lighting and Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System lamps) to examine their brightness compared to the conventional incandescent lamps they are intended to replace. The test campaign spanned nine calendar months and captured all major cause of reduced visibility – fog, rain, and snow. The testing used a combination of visual-spectrum camera data and visibility measurements from PC-RVRs to compare the appearance of the lamps across a range of weather and visibility conditions. The testing demonstrated that the LED lamps are brighter than the nominally equivalent incandescent lamps they are intended to replace, particularly under severely reduced visibility. The success of the analysis methodology indicates that in the future it may be possible to use an inexpensive camera viewing existing airport lighting to provide a visibility measurement at airports for which a cost-benefit analysis does not recommend a full PC-RVR installation.
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51FB21A420 TK525/UK525 ; 51FB21Z220 TK527/UK527

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Volpe Center
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