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Originally Posted by STeeLy
I'm guessing the entire lighting system in Dubai, including all taxiways, are LED... where as it's just the runway lights on the new YYC runway that are LED
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YYC runway, taxiway and approach lights are all LED. Calgary Tower says on clear nights aircraft can see the lights shortly after climbing out of Edmonton.
Stupid bright.
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Originally Posted by polak
Wouldn't LED lights get covered in snow since they don't generate heat?
Actually, I never thought of this before, how do they keep runways free of ice and snow?
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Plows and brushes. Runway/taxiway edge lighting looks like this so it's not a problem.
The embedded lights are such that even with out LED the casing would really prevent heat from melting anything over top.
