Content
Course content
The Runways and Taxiways Visual Aids course covers the following topics:
- The complex airside environment at airports.
- The importance of visual aids in enabling safe and efficient operations.
- Key ICAO and ACI guidance material / reference documents.
- What the different markings on runways look like and the purpose each serves.
- The different types of taxiways found at airports.
- The markings found on airport taxiways and their purpose.
- Key signs found on runways and taxiways and how they aid the safe and efficient manoeuvring of aircraft and vehicles.
- The different lights found on runways and taxiways and the purpose each serves.
- New technologies being implemented at airports.
- Markings, signs, and lights found on airside roads and at the intersection of airside roads with runways and taxiways.
- Key markers commonly found on runways and taxiways.
- The visual aids used to identify unserviceable areas, restricted use areas, and obstructions.
- Other visual aids commonly found at airports (e.g., windsocks, ATC light signals).
- Your responsibilities when it comes to visual aids, including the importance of familiarizing yourself with the specific visual aids used at your airport.
