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Expert guides on aviation lighting, ICAO and CAP 437 compliance, helipad safety and obstruction lighting — from Hardy Lighting, engineered in Europe, assembled in the UAE.
20+
Years of Engineering
- Standards
A practical checklist of helipad lighting requirements — perimeter lights, windsock, marking illumination and more — mapped to ICAO, CAP 437 and FAA rules.
- Standards
Understand every helideck marking — TDPM circle, H-marking, perimeter markings and the prohibited landing marker — and what CAP 437 requires for each.
- Standards
Compare aviation obstruction light types — low, medium and high intensity, red vs white LED — and see which ICAO and FAA (L-810 to L-865) rules apply.
- Products
A complete comparison of illuminated windsock types — internally lit, externally lit, single/double light, and hazardous-area — and which one meets ICAO, CAP 437 and FAA specs.
- Applications
Rooftop helipads are a growing feature of commercial towers, hospitals, luxury hotels and government buildings across the UAE and the wider region. Emergency medevac operations, VIP transport and air ambulance
- Standards
Helicopter operations to offshore oil and gas platforms carry a level of risk that simply does not exist at land-based airports. There are no go-arounds to a safe alternative runway.