EFFECTS OF VARIOUS RUNWAY LIGHTING PARAMETERS UPON THE RELATION BETWEEN RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE AND VISUAL RANGE OF CENTERLINE AND EDGE LIGHTS IN FOG

Thirty six students and 54 commercial airline pilots were tested in the fog chamber to determine the effect of runway edge and centerline light intensity and spacing, fog density, ambient luminance level, and lateral and vertical offset distance of the subject from the runway's centerline upon horizontal visual range. These data were obtained to evaluate the adequacy of a balanced lighting system to provide maximum visual range in fog viewing both centerline and runway edge lights. The daytime system was compared against two other candidate lighting systems; the nighttime system was compared against other candidate lighting systems. The second objective was to determine if visual range is affected by lights between the subject and the farthestmost light visible through the fog. The third objective was to determine if college student subjects differ from commercial airline pilots in their horizontal visual range through fog. Two studies were conducted.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ames Research Center

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Moffett Field, CA  United States  94035

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems R&D Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Haines, R F
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Airport runways; Center lines; Daylight; Fog; Lighting; Navigation lights; Night; Visibility; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Daytime; Runway lights; Runway visual range
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080276
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA73WAI-346
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 29 1975 12:00AM