Faa Tower Light Monitoring

This change amends the federal aviation administration s standards for marking and lighting structures to promote aviation safety.

Faa tower light monitoring.

The change number and date of the change material are located at the top of the page. You must observe tower lights at least once every 24 hours either visually or through an automatic indicator. In addition the federal communications commission governs monitoring requirements for airport obstruction lights. If however the faa s standards allow more than one lighting or painting option for a particular structure the person seeking faa clearance for a tower may indicate on faa form 7460 1m which of the specified types of marking and lighting systems is desired.

Advanced remote site monitoring equipment will alert you automatically when your tower lights go out. Examples of fcc rules in regard to tower light regulations. Flash technology provides tower light monitoring solutions that comply with faa advisory circular 70 7460 1l and fcc title 47 code of federal regulations these directives state that the owner of any antenna structure is required to visually inspect the antenna structure s lights every 24 hours to ensure that all tower lighting is functioning properly. This change is effective february 1 2007.

Individual alarm outputs for photocell flasher beacon and marker failures general alarm output for any failure type. Faa type l 810 l 864 l 865 tower and wind turbine lighting systems. According to federal aviation administration faa all structures exceeding 200 feet above ground level agl must be appropriately marked with tower lights or tower paint. Itl llc tower light monitoring systems provide documented compliance with faa regulations for monitoring of tower obstruction lighting systems.

A high quality monitoring system with automatic paging capability will relieve you of having to maintain a constant vigil at your tower location as expressed by 17 47 of the faa lighting towers rule.