Monitoring the Performance of Aerodome Ground Lighting

This article provides an overview of a novel prototype device that can be used to aid airports in monitoring their landing lighting. Known as Aerodrome Ground Lighting (AGL), the device is comprised of a camera that is capable of capturing images of landing lighting as aircraft approach the airport. AGL is designed to automatically examine landing lighting to assess if it is operating under uniform brightness standards (i.e., luminous intensity of luminares) that aviation governing bodies require. A detailed discussion of the hardware and software requirements of AGL -- currently under joint development by researchers at Queens University Belfast and Cobham Flight Inspection Limited -- is presented. Results from the research indicate that assessing the performance of both ground-based runway luminaries and elevated approach luminaries is possible, though further testing is needed for full validation.

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• Authors:
  • McMenemy, Karen
  • Niblock, James
  • Peng, Jian-Xun
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Illustrations;
• Pagination: pp 60-64
• Serial:
  • International Airport Review
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Russell Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 1366-6339
  • Serial URL: http://www.russellpublishing.com/pages/airport/airport1.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Airports; Approach; Brightness; Detection and identification technologies; Image analysis; Landing aids; Luminous intensity; Monitoring; Performance; Software
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airport ground lighting (Agl)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01117870
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 2008 12:36PM