Alternating Yellow and Green Taxiway Centerline as a Runway Safety Enhancement

Details

• Creators:
  Patterson, James W.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center. Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airport runways
  • Aviation safety
  • Center lines
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Green
  • Lighting
  • Taxiways
  • Yellow
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AR-TN05/51
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Technical Note
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  This research effort was conducted to investigate and validate the suitability of installing alternating yellow and green taxiway centerline lights on taxiway segments located between the runway hold position marking and the runway centerline in the direction approaching the runway. This lighting configuration is the same configuration frequently used to identify the centerline of a taxiway exiting a runway, except that it is viewed from the opposite direction. This lighting configuration would serve as a visual cue to pilots and vehicle drivers that they are about to enter the runway environment/runway safety area (RSA). The objective of this research effort was to determine how the proposed lighting configuration would appear to pilots approaching the hold line (runway environment/RSA), if presently available lighting fixtures are adequate for the purpose, if present spacing standards are adequate for the purpose, if pilots interpret the purpose of the alternating yellow and green taxiway centerline lighting configuration correctly, and the cost factors involved in making such a change.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89912/dot_89912_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 145.93 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
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