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SUNSET AND SUNRISE

Pilot/Controller Glossary with JO 7110.65BB, Change 3, effective July 9, 2026 · Official text on faa.gov

The mean solar times of sunset and sunrise as published in the Nautical Almanac, converted to local standard time for the locality concerned. Within Alaska, the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight, as defined for each locality.

In the 7110.65

Used in 9 paragraphs of JO 7110.65BB.

  1. 3-2-3Receiver‐Only Acknowledgment
  2. 3-4-5Approach Lights
  3. 3-4-10Runway Edge Lights
  4. 3-4-17Obstruction Lights
  5. 3-4-18Rotating Beacon
  6. 3-6-1Equipment Usage
  7. 3-8-4Simultaneous Opposite Direction Operation
  8. 3-9-4Line Up and Wait (LUAW)
  9. 7-3-1VFR‐on‐Top