WIND SOCK
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The first stripe indicates a 3-knot breeze
(The wind sock has turned and aligned with the wind - usually you should look for an anemometer near the wind sock to determine if there's any appreciable wind because often the first segment is held open by the frame.) -
The second stripe is ~ 6 knots
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The third stripe is ~ 9 knots
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The fourth stripe is ~ 12 knots
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The last stripe is 15 knots or higher
AIRPORT SIGNS
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LIGTS
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MANDATORY
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LOCATION
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DIRECTION
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DESTINATION
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IMFORMATION
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RUNWAY EAMAINING
MANDATORY LOCATION
DESTINATION SIGN
USE FOR MILITARY AIRPORT
RUNWAY REMAINING
HOLDING SHORT
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DON'T CROSS WTITHOUT ATC PERMMITION
ILS
LOCATION
AIRPORT DIRECTION SIGN
AIRPORT INFORMATION SIGN
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BASIC YELLOW BACKGROUND SIGN
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FREQUENCIES, NOISE ABATEMENT ETC..
TOWER - BEACONS
Airports have rotating beacon lights flashing green and white to indicate civilian air port. These beacon lights are visible from a far distance before the air port is recognizable.
Visual Glide Slope Indicator
A runway is rectangular area on land usually paved for the landing and take-off of air craft. Runway lights are white because white is the brightest colour and no colour is filtered out of white light. Thus enables pilot to see runway clearly even in bad weather.
A taxiway is a usually paved path on an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangers, terminals and other facilities. Taxiway lights are blue as red is commonly used for warning colour and green is sometimes used to indicate direction. So, blue lights were only available for taxiway and were also not distracting.
They serve to raise situational awareness but do not provide or preclude authority to pass.
They are positioned at each side of a taxiway at the marked and signed Holding Point where the taxiway is about to join a runway; both aircraft and vehicles are required to wait at this point until given clearance by ATC to proceed.
