Faa Tower Lighting Requirements

Lighting and marking of the tower and associated guy wires.

Faa tower lighting requirements.

Previously towers under 200 were not subject to any federal marking requirements according to officials with the national agricultural aviation association. The faa recommends the guidelines and standards in this ac for determining the proper way to light and mark obstructions affecting navigable airspace. The change number and date of the change material are located at the top of the page. The faa has asked owners of existing towers to submit plans for eliminating the use of non flashing lights on existing towers.

Some lighting requirements are determined by faa aeronautical studies of the area in which the structure will be located. Fcc and faa tower marking and lighting requirements from the radioreference wiki this page contains links to the fcc and faa web sites explaining height limits for towers and other structures and when they must be marked with red and white paint or white strobe lights in the daytime and red lights at night. Based on the current faa guidelines for new and refiled towers the infographics linked below depict obstruction lighting and tower paint requirements. Structures that are shorter than this height may also require lighting depending on the structure s location.

Any structure taller than 200 feet is subject to faa lighting requirements. And the federal aviation administration faa will study them to determine their. This change amends the federal aviation administration s standards for marking and lighting structures to promote aviation safety. And the fcc and faa have developed a process by which registrants may do so.

The fcc s rules governing antenna tower lighting and painting requirements are based upon the advisory recommendations of the faa which are set forth in two faa advisory circulars. The new requirements are due to provisions in the faa. This change is effective february 1 2007. A new chapter 14 aircraft detection lighting systems has been added to provide.

Faa lighting requirements vary depending on the height of cell towers and other structures. Marking and lighting initiated by. Although the faa s lighting and painting standards are advisory in nature the fcc s rules make the standards mandatory. 47 cfr 17 21 17 58.

This ac does not constitute a regulation and in general is not mandatory. New faa regulations require landowners to mark any towers between 50 and 200 on their property as well as include the towers in a new database the faa is developing.