Helipad & Heliport Lighting

For night operations a helipad needs at least perimeter lights around the touchdown and lift-off area (TLOF) and/or the final approach and take-off area (FATO), plus a lit wind direction indicator. Depending on the site and the authority, floodlights, aiming point lights, approach guidance (HAPI and flight path alignment lights), a heliport beacon and obstacle lights can be required as well. We advise the exact set for your project.

Lighting that meets ICAO Annex 14 Volume II for colour, intensity, beam coverage and placement — for example green TLOF perimeter lights and white FATO lights. National rules build on Annex 14, so always check your local authority as well. Our helipad lights are designed and tested to ICAO Annex 14, with documentation available per product.

Yes. ICAO sets requirements for what a light must do — colour, intensity, coverage — not for how it is powered. Solar and battery-powered lights are common at remote and temporary sites, provided they keep working through the longest night of the year. Confirm the set-up with your authority; for temporary sites see our portable helipad lighting.

Under ICAO Annex 14 Volume II, TLOF perimeter lights are spaced at uniform intervals of no more than 3 m on elevated heliports and helidecks, and no more than 5 m on surface-level heliports. FATO lights are placed at intervals of no more than 50 m on a square or rectangular FATO; on other shapes, including circles, at no more than 5 m with a minimum of ten lights. National rules can be stricter.