LIGHTED AIRPORT- An airport where runway and obstruction lighting is available.
(See AIRPORT LIGHTING.) ...
Many aircraft have inadequate taxi lights and even lighted airports have unlighted areas. A tower signal light can be used to show the centre taxi line. As age enters the picture, night vision fails.
Airport Beacon: A navigational aid emitting alternating white and green flashes to indicate a lighted airport or white flashes only for an unlighted airport.
 See also: Longitudinal separation, Expect, Direct, Obstruction, Controller
  
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