Airport lighting is a critical element in aviation, providing more than just illumination for nighttime flights. It plays a vital role in guiding pilots to their destinations on the airfield ...

Among the disabled systems were the runway approach lights and the airport’s Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS), which provides weather data to pilots.

Runway lights and an automated system that provides weather conditions were out of operation at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport before a Cessna crashed into a San Diego neighborhood amid foggy ...

One of the safety measures currently in place at Charlotte Douglas is called Runway Status Lights. They are on most of the airport’s runways. Schifano says they are simple, but effective.

The pilot also would have likely noticed the lights weren’t working as he descended. Without lights, procedure dictated that he should have climbed and diverted to another airport, Guzzetti said.

The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn't working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to proceed with ...

The weather alert system and runway lights weren’t working at a foggy San Diego airport where a private jet was planning to land before it crashed into a neighborhood, but the cause of the crash ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the ...

The weather alert system and runway lights weren’t working at a foggy San Diego airport where a private jet was planning to land before it crashed.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the ...