Hello,
Quick Question, What is the normal distance from runway when you would expect an aircraft to turn on the landing lights?
The reason I ask, regularly on an evening I see aircraft heading over to MAN (more than likely) and only the odd one or two which I see ever have landing lights turned on? (im around 30 miles from MAN & 18 miles from LBA, the aircraft are flying away from LBA)
Can anyone advise the rules regarding altitude / distance.
Cheers
Rick
By: Rickt - 12th March 2010 at 14:26
Thanks for the replies…
Rick
By: Deano - 12th March 2010 at 10:36
The oldies are the best.
By: Bmused55 - 12th March 2010 at 10:33
LMAO!!!!!
By: Arabella-Cox - 12th March 2010 at 05:05
This copilot asks his captain : “What do I do if I turn on the landing lights and I see a mountain in front of me?”. The captain replies : “Boy, you turn them off again.”
By: Deano - 12th March 2010 at 01:57
The vast majority of airline SOP is for landing lights to be on below 10,000ft, and off above 10,000ft, this is my airline’s SOP as well.
By: Flightmech - 11th March 2010 at 23:16
In our company SOPs the landing lights are on at all times below 10’000 (Climb and Descent)
By: Bmused55 - 11th March 2010 at 22:35
It varies from airline to airline.
I know some have their aircraft turn them on with the landing gear being extended.
One airlines SOP I saw had their aircraft turn them on below 5000 feet.
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March 11, 2010 at 10:24 pm