DOWNING HELIPORT LIGHTING SYSTEM

The SYSTEM APPROACH was derived from the fact that all aircraft, whether fixed wing or helicopter, once airborne, must have a place to land. Fixed wing aircraft require large airports with long runways, taxiways, aprons, control towers and hangars. All airport lighting systems are integrated and involve hundreds of different lighting fixtures, each type being important to the whole system. Helicopters increasingly have to land at night, and they also need an integrated system, but their landing requirements are different. They land at slow speeds and at steep angles of descent, then stop and hover before landing. The pilot must see the ground with good depth perception in order to land safely. This means that helicopters require an entirely different and properly designed heliport lighting system.

The Downing Heliport Lighting System is a complete, comprehensive, coordinated, and innovative lighting system, specially designed with the helicopter operator in mind. All of the visual aids in the Downing Heliport Lighting System work independently and together to make landing a helicopter at night as safe as landing it in the daylight. All of your heliport needs – from a single source.