Airfield signs
Posted by Lucky-Substance23@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 12 comments
Is there any resource for non ATC professionals and pilots to learn about the meaning of the signs seen near airport runways like in these pics and how to interpret them(from Heathrow)?
Also, do all airports worldwide use English for these signs? Or dual languages? Is there a worldwide protocol followed by all airports on how and where to place these signs?
Or are things fragmented like the difference between highway signs in the US and motorway signs in Europe for example?
E2TheCustodian@reddit
Here is a PDF guide to standard signage types from the US FAA. And here is a Heathrow map that shows what the LINK signs point to.
Lucky-Substance23@reddit (OP)
Fantastic, thanks!
ywgflyer@reddit
Also, to add to the above poster -- Heathrow is, to the best of my knowledge, the only airport that uses these named holding points (OSTER, HORKA, TITAN, SATUN, etc, they are all 5 letters long and 'pronounceable'). Everywhere else just uses standard nomenclature, "hold short taxiway A", etc -- but Heathrow uses this unique system.
OracleofFl@reddit
Just to add onto it, there are also standards for runway lines and things like that so there is an international standard and to a landing pilot, all airports look the same, same markings, same lighting (runway edge, center line, etc.), hold lines, etc. with color, length, width and placement standards.
chuckop@reddit
ICAO guidelines
forgottensudo@reddit
404 :(
jcla@reddit
This link should work: ICAO recommended Airport Signs, Runway and Taxiway Markings – Aviation Thrust
forgottensudo@reddit
Thanks!
chuckop@reddit
Sorry about that. Edited.
forgottensudo@reddit
Cool, thanks!
CollegeStation17155@reddit
If you want to become anything more than a “just for fun” drone flyer, FAA.requires you to memorize them (along with all the weather condition METAR codes and navigation chart symbols) as part of the “107” test. There are multiple YouTube study guides that will teach you more than you ever wanted to know.
Kahmu15@reddit
Aeronautical information manual chapter 2 section 3. Aeronautical information manual