(WXYZ) — Airport approach lights: they are an essential safety feature for landings, especially during bad weather. But air traffic controllers say the lighting ...
When foul weather wipes out familiar landmarks, airline pilots have the I.L.S. (Instrument Landing System) glide path to lead them in a gradual descent to the runway. At many airports they also have G ...
Air traffic controllers at Detroit Metro Airport say the airport's approach lighting system (ALS) is falling apart. The lights, mounted high above the ground and stretching up to hundreds of yards ...
FORT KNOX, Ky. — Small blue lights lining the edge of the taxiways point the way for pilots flying to and from Fort Knox’s Godman Army Airfield. The unassuming LED lights are also pointing the way ...
It has only been five years, but Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose will finally be getting approach lights. Designed to eliminate detoured flights due to dense fog or low ...
Polish investigators are investigating a serious incident in which a chartered Air Europa Boeing 737-800 descended far below the approach path and destroyed dozens of approach lights while landing at ...