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Short Simplified Approach Lighting (SSAL) System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (RAIL) (RLS_5)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: rls_5.ttl
- Name
ssalWithRunwayAlignInd- Attribute
- RLS Aerodrome Approach Lighting System Type
- Definition
- A high-intensity approach lighting system that is similar to the ALSF Category 2 but excludes the red side row bars and has a reduced number of white main bars.
- Description
- The variable intensity approach lights extend a total of 720 metres (2400 feet), and possibly up to 900 metres (3000 feet) when permitted by the terrain, from the runway threshold.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- GB485 Approach Lighting System
- RWOI terms naming it
- RWO_03390 Short Simplified Approach Lighting (SSAL) System with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights (RAIL)
- RWO_03532 SSAL
- RWO_03533 SSALR
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.