Abstract
London Airport uses lighting extensively for the benefit of passengers, for the guidance and control of aircraft and for the maintenance of services. These three aspects are examined in detail, in terms of the requirements and appraisal of the results achieved rather than as a catalogue of designs or illumination levels.
Special lighting was required for the roads around and within the airport and particular requirements were stated for lighting the buildings of the central area in which the architect, the consulting engineer, the builder and the lighting engineer have collaborated closely. For aircraft guidance, the lights follow the international regulations, although in some respects those regulations have been written around the original installations at this airport. The hangar lighting is of a new order of magnitude, and permits comparison to be made between the standard blended type with localised sources and an installation of fluorescent tubing distributed over the whole ceiling.
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