A rotating beacon is recommended to be installed for night operations at public heliports. Pa Code § 471, Appendix A, Criteria I, i) It does not even have that recommendation listed for private heliports. Although it is not in the FAA Advisory Circular some places list the beacon color code for hospital heliports as white

2021年11月24日 · There is not a regulatory requirement for all U.S. airports to have a Rotating Beacon (unless there is federal funding requested or if certain types of operations being conducted there require specific regulatory requirements to be satisfied, e.g., Air Carrier operations, etc.)

("Airport Beacon is Out of Service, indefinitely") It also says "ACTIVATE MIRL Rwy 16–34 and bcn—CTAF" ("Activate the Medium Intensity Runway Lights(MIRL) for Runway 16/34 and the Becaon, by using the CTAF") Based on this, it is unclear if the beacon is out of service, or pilot-activated. But it is clear that it should not be on all night.

2015年11月1日 · Airport and heliport beacons are designed in such a way to make them most effective from one to ten degrees above the horizon; however, they can be seen well above and below this peak spread. The beacon may be an omnidirectional flashing xenon strobe, or it may be an aerobeacon rotating at a constant speed which produces the visual effect of ...

2024年9月9日 · A search for "approach beacon" in ICAO and CASA of Singapore online documentation doesn't yield any result, except CASA AIP entries like the one you show in the question. So it's indeed a mystery. I'm proposing three possible explanations. 1: "Approach beacons" refers to airport beacons. There are indeed two airport identification beacons at WSSS:

This NOTAM currently exists at Riverside airport: !RVS 01/014 RVS AD AP ABN ON CONS 2001141700-2001291700 The rotating beacon is on continuously per this NOTAM. ... notam airport-lighting

2021年6月3日 · The symbol [...] indicates the existence of a rotating or flashing airport beacon operating from dusk to dawn. However, KSAC's beacon doesn't operate from dusk to dawn; pilots have to activate it using CTAF, in the same way they can activate pilot controlled lighting. The Chart Supplement for KSAC says: When twr clsd ACTIVATE arpt bcn—CTAF

2018年7月27日 · Since you seem to be asking about runway lights then use that term in the title rather than "things" and "airport". $\endgroup$ – Transistor Commented Jul 27, 2018 at 6:21

2022年10月4日 · 5.3.3.8 An identification beacon shall be provided at an aerodrome which is intended for use at night and cannot be easily identified from the air by other means. Note that there is also another type of beacon, the hazard beacon: Hazard beacon. An aeronautical beacon used to designate a danger to air navigation.

2020年1月25日 · The general convention is that the rotating beacon is only on at night or during IMC. The airport or ATC can choose differently. It would not be the norm and probably should be pointed out to pilots approaching the airport. It would also help identify the airport if there is confusion with multiple nearby airports of similar size and structure.