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Runway Edge Lights
JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov
Operate the runway edge light system/s serving the runway/s in use as follows:
- Between sunset and sunrise, turn the lights on:
- For departures. Before an aircraft taxies onto the runway and until it leaves the Class B, Class C, or Class D surface area.
- For arrivals:
- Between sunrise and sunset, turn the lights on as shown in subparagraphs a1 and a2 when the surface visibility is less than 2 miles.
- As required by facility directives to meet local conditions.
- Different from subparagraphs a, b, or c above, when:
- You consider it necessary, or
- Requested by a pilot and no other known aircraft will be adversely affected.
- Do not turn on the runway edge lights when a NOTAM closing the runway is in effect.