When you re transitioning from faa charts to jeppesen charts one of the biggest differences is where you find airport information like runway distances airport lighting alternate minimums and takeoff minimums.
Runway lighting system jeppesen.
An approach lighting system or als is a lighting system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a series of lightbars strobe lights or a combination of the two that extends outward from the runway end.
A detailed description of the runway lighting system at each licensed airport must be provided in the state aips.
Als usually serves a runway that has an instrument approach procedure iap associated with it and allows the pilot to visually identify the runway environment.
Information on runway lighting at an airport.
Jeppesen charts list all of that information in one place.
The visual approach slope indicator vasi is a system of lights arranged to supply visual descent guidance information throughout the approach to a runway for vfr and ifr pilots.
These lights are visible from 3 5 miles throughout the day and up to twenty miles or more at night.
Approach lighting systems approach lights will be classifiedas fals ials balsandnalsasshownintableb 1below land ingminimumsdependonavailable approachlights.
The runway edge lights.
Classificationofapproach lights will not be shown onjeppesencharts.
The runway threshold lights and any wing bars.
5 when different from the physical runway length landing distance beyond threshold is shown.
2 all operational runway lighting and approach light systems are listed.
4 rvr is depicted when one or more transmissometers are installed along the runway.
The runway end lights and any wing bars.