Exterior Lighting

Aircraft exterior lighting system is used for navigation, identifying aircraft position and its direction, taxiing and landing.

Following are the list of lighting found on commercial aircraft.

1. RIGHT NAVIGATION LIGHT (GREEN)

2. LEFT NAVIGATION LIGHT (RED)

3. TAIL NAVIGATION LIGHT (WHITE)

4. OBSTRUCTION LIGHT

5. UPPER ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS/BEACONS (RED)

6. LOWER ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT/BEACON (RED)

7. LOGO LIGHTS

8. ENGINE SCAN LIGHTS

9. WING SCAN LIGHTS

10. WING STROBE LIGHT (HIGH INTENSITY, WHITE)

11. TAIL STROBE LIGHT (HIGH INTENSITY, WHITE)

12 TAXI CAMERA LIGHTS (NLG)

13 TAXI CAMERA LIGHTS (MLG)

14 LANDING LIGHTS

15 RUNWAY TURN-OFF LIGHTS

16 TAXI LIGHTS