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Airfield Ground Lighting
Date story added: 23/12/04
Worldwide, many airports are equipped with Sylvania lamps for the lighting of runways and taxiways. In fact, the Sylvania plant in Tienen was the first to produce halogen reflector lamps for airfield lighting. In the past, capsule lamps were used for this purpose, but most new airports are now equipped with reflector lamps. The most important issue with this lamp type is the precision of the beam angle, in order to avoid glare and allow for an accurate approach to the runway.
In general, 48W lamps are used for taxiways and 105W lamps for runways. In the UK, many airports, such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester, use Sylvania-made MR16 lamps -- at Manchester, for example, they are used for the approach lighting, touchdown lights, the illuminated centre line and inset runway edge lighting. Of course, we at Sylvania are proud that all these lamps have been produced at our Tienen factory.
