The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has suggested using a continuously illuminated bar of red in-pavement lights at Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) locations; however, the United States currently uses a pulsing bar of white in-pavement lights. Since a bar of red lights usually means a go-no-further signal to a subject pilot, the ICAO suggested system would need to be automated to indicate between LAHSO and non-LAHSO operations. The purpose of this effort was to determine the critical flight situations, from the subject pilots viewpoint, under which the LAHSO red light bar must be on and off during high-capacity operations at an airport. The objectives of the evaluation were to (1) determine the appropriate clearance distance, 1 nautical mile (nm) versus 2 nm, under which the LAHSO red light bar should be turned on and off; (2) determine if there were any differences in the landing distance when clearance to land was given at 1 or 2 nm; (3) determine the subject pilots reaction under malfunction(s) of the LAHSO red light bar; and (4) determine if subject pilots considered the LAHSO red light bar to be an effective visual presentation for communicating a go-no-further boundary. The evaluation was conducted at the Federal Aviation Administration Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center using the Boeing 737-800 simulator.
Land and Hold Short Operations Lighting Control Study
2008
36 pages
Report
No indication
English
Prototype Runway Hold-Short Lighting System
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