Airline & Holiday Information

Runway Edge Lights are placed at side edges of the runway and are illuminated during the evening when it is dark or when visibility is poor. The Runway Edge Lights help pilots locate the edge of the runway during landing or takeoff.

They come in 3 different categories, Low Intensity Runway Lights (LIRL), Medium Intensity Runway Lights (MIRL) and High Intensity Runway Lights (HIRL).

High & Medium Intensity Runway Lights can be control to alter the brightness of the light emitted, compared to Low Intensity’s which usually only have one fixed setting.

All Runway lights are white except for those that are on instrument runways, where yellow will replace white for approximately the last 2000ft or half the runway whichever comes first.

The lights that mark the ends of the runway will emit a red light to indicate the edge of the runway to pilots. The light that faces outwards towards incoming landing planes will emit a green light to indicate where the runway starts.

Runway Edge Light