Orange is the New Black...Enhanced Airfield Signage to Improve Situational Awareness in the Vicinity of Aerodrome Construction Works

This article focuses on the use of different color signage for for preventing accidents by increasing pilot awareness during taxing, which in turn will improve safety. Specifying new signage systems means identifying specific messages and selecting graphical appropriate presentations. The article describes how yellow signs are currently being used for communication of regular information such as direction signs and markings and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Construction Advisory Council of the United States and agencies in other countries are studying the use of orange signs for construction signs at airports.

• Record URL:
  http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/3470.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Le Bris, Gaël
  • Siewert, David
  • Berlucchi, Robert
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 28-33
• Serial:
  • HindSight
  • Volume: 23
  • Publisher: European Organisation for Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL)
  • Serial URL: http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/HindSight_-_EUROCONTROL

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft pilotage; Airport operations; Airport runways; Alertness; Color; Construction projects; Direction signs
• Identifier Terms: Aeroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle; Chicago O'Hare International Airport
• Geographic Terms: Brazil; Canada; New Zealand
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01628014
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 9 2017 12:07PM