Floodlights
Floodlights play a key role in airport operations, ensuring visibility, safety, and security across large areas. These powerful lights are strategically placed to illuminate runways, aprons, taxiways, and other airport facilities, enabling smooth operations both day and night.
Why Are Floodlights Essential for Airports?
Airports are vast, bustling hubs of activity, requiring reliable lighting to maintain safety, efficiency, and seamless operations.
Types of Airport Floodlights:
Airport floodlighting systems vary based on their purpose, location, and intensity. Here are the main types of floodlights commonly used:
· High-Mast Floodlights
High-mast floodlights are mounted on tall poles, providing illumination over a wide area of the airport. They size typically 20 to 50 meters tall and are equipped with multiple high-intensity lamps. This system is suitable to cover large spaces, such as aprons and parking bays.
· LED Floodlights
LED floodlights are the modern standard for airport lighting due to their efficiency and durability. This technology consumes significantly less energy than traditional halogen or metal halide lamps. Furthermore, it may last up to 50,000 hours, reducing maintenance costs.
· Metal Halide Floodlights
Metal halide lamps are traditional floodlighting systems still used in some airports. This system has become less popular due to the appearence of LED technology that offers larger lifespan and low consumption.
Applications of Airport Floodlighting
Floodlights are used in various airport areas, each with its unique lighting requirements.
- Apron Lighting: Aprons are the busiest zones in an airport, where aircraft is parked for loading and refueling. Floodlights ensure safety and during boarding and cargo operations. Furthermore, it provides visibility for ground staff to maneuver vehicles and equipment.
- Airport Perimeter Lighting: Perimeter floodlighting enhances security and prevents unauthorized access. These lights normally are placed covering fences, gates, and perimeter and access roads.
Regulatory Standards for Approach Lighting
Applicable Standard requirements for Apron Floodlighting are defined in EASA CS ADR-DSN.M.750 and 5.3.24 of the ICAO Annex 14 Vol. I, defining the uniformity requirements in illumination, minimum and maximum intensity levels to avoid glare as well as the location within the movement area to ensure complete coverage of operational areas.
AES Airport Solutions as your Floodlighting Airport Supplier
When it comes to airport operations, lighting is more than just an accessory—it’s a necessity. Floodlighting plays a pivotal role in ensuring safety, visibility, and operational efficiency at every airport. At AES Airport Solutions, we understand the critical importance of reliable and high-performance lighting systems.
AES Airport Solutions, through our partner Luminia within AES Group has a track record of successfully installing lighting systems at airports around the world. Our floodlighting solutions are tailored to meet the unique needs of each client, whether for runways, aprons, or terminal areas. We’ve partnered with some of the busiest airports globally, ensuring that their lighting systems deliver performance, safety, and reliability.
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