approach lights
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Still a full 2,300 ft. from 22-L but otherwise on course, it struck a row of 22-ft. towers supporting the runway approach lights.
From Time Magazine Archive
HONOLULU: The main airport does not have approach lights for landing, and lacks runway groovings to help aircraft brake.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Federal Aviation Agency will spend $163 million in next eight months to equip air-traffic-control centers with latest radar equipment, install better approach lights at dozens of airports.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was especially complicated because the approach lights on the closed Runway 23-L, which pilots usually follow to guide their planes down, had been shut off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearer and louder grew the sounds of the approach, lights flashed before the window, and the two men, feigning to play, sat on and waited.
From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael
