Helipad Lighting Requirements: A Complete Compliance Checklist
A practical checklist of helipad lighting requirements — perimeter lights, windsock, marking illumination and more — mapped to ICAO, CAP 437 and FAA rules.
Helideck Markings: 4 Critical Types Explained (CAP 437)
Understand every helideck marking — TDPM circle, H-marking, perimeter markings and the prohibited landing marker — and what CAP 437 requires for each.
Aviation Obstruction Lights: 5 Essential Types & FAA/ICAO Rules Explained
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.
CAP 437 Helideck Lighting Compliance: Requirements for Offshore Platform Operators
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. The landing area is small, moving with the platform, surrounded by obstructions, and exposed to some of the most demanding environmental conditions on the planet. […]