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4.6.5 Standby Generation
Stand-by generation equipment is provided to ensure continuity of power should there be a failure in the main external supply. The objective in providing stand-by power is
to enable all operational lighting including runway, taxiway, apron, fire stations and T- VASIS and nose in guidance systems to continue operation at an acceptable level of
service and efficiency while maintaining safety standards and providing adequate security.
Two mobile generating sets 50 kW and 250 kW are available to provide. additional support at times when permanently installed generating sets may be unavailable.
4.6.6 Serviceability Inspections
Senior Operations Officers or Operations Officers carry out daily serviceability inspections of the airport lighting facilities as part of their normal serviceability
inspections at approximately midnight. The inspecting officer will submit a Works Order form to the Airport Lighting Team
Leader detailing lighting unserviceabilities that exceed those specified n Chapter 12 Section 13 of the RPA. Other minor lighting defects i.e. a single unserviceable
taxiway light are logged on the Trigger List and are not normally passed on to the Airport Lighting Section. These are detected and repaired during the weekly technical
inspections undertaken by the Airport Lighting Section.
4.6.7 Technical Inspections
Airport Lighting Maintenance Schedules and Airport Lighting Logbooks record details of routine technical inspections and maintenance of the airport lighting system. These
records are held by the Airport Lighting Team Leader. The Technical Officer Power Generation retains Generator Maintenance Schedules
for power generating equipment. These are held in the electrical workshop. Generator Logbooks showing details of inspections and maintenance carried out are
held in each power house.
4.6.8 Fault Reporting System
The fault reporting and recording system comprises the following documents: • Fault Reporting Register
• Airport Lighting Logbook • Works Orders by the Operations SafetySecurity Section
4.6.9 Inventory of Airport Lighting Facilities
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An inventory of airport lighting facilities is contained in TABLE 1 below. Details of the runway and approach lighting along with the visual approach slope
indicator systems as required for publication by AIS, are set out in Part 3 Aeronautical Information.
TABLE 1 - INVENTORY OF AIRPORT LIGHTING
Equipment
Runway 0321 Runway 0624
Runway 1129
Low intensity edge lighting 3 stage
White omni-directional elevated edge light at
60 m intervals White omni-directional
elevated edge light at 60 m intervals
White omni-directional elevated edge light at
90 m intervals
Runway holding points are 3 inset uni-directional yellow lights placed symmetrically about the taxiway centreline.
Taxiway lighting consists of inset bi-directional green centreline lighting with the exception of taxiway F that is provided with blue elevated omni-directional edge
lighting. Taxiway to taxiway clearance lines where provided are not lit. Apron floodlighting is provided on the international, domestic and GA northern apron.
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SECTION 4.7 MOVEMENT AREA MAINTENANCE
4.7.1 Purpose This section is incomplete due to the scope of possible arrangements
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