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CCIP · 09-26-11, 08:42 PM

Generally speaking strobe/flashing lights are turned on when entering an active runway, and turned off after exiting an active runway. They're on at all times in between. They can even be turned on earlier, but generally aren't to avoid blinding other pilots while taxiing. Same for landing lights, which are kept on when flying between ground and 10,000ft altitude. For foggy conditions, these lights all have to be on. In poor visibility, additional turnoff lights (pointing to the side of the aircraft) are also generally turned on.

Steady nav lights are kept on at all times otherwise, and the rotating beacon is kept on any time that the engines are operating.

I don't believe they would be turned off at any point, especially in poor visibility, since their role is to alert nearby aircraft. That's why they're so bright in the first place.

09-26-11, 08:42 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Generally speaking strobe/flashing lights are turned on when entering an active runway, and turned off after exiting an active runway. They're on at all times in between. They can even be turned on earlier, but generally aren't to avoid blinding other pilots while taxiing. Same for landing lights, which are kept on when flying between ground and 10,000ft altitude. For foggy conditions, these lights all have to be on. In poor visibility, additional turnoff lights (pointing to the side of the aircraft) are also generally turned on. Steady nav lights are kept on at all times otherwise, and the rotating beacon is kept on any time that the engines are operating. I don't believe they would be turned off at any point, especially in poor visibility, since their role is to alert nearby aircraft. That's why they're so bright in the first place. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)