This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance and recommendations on the installation of airport visual aids, including runway and taxiway edge lighting systems, runway centerline and touchdown lighting systems, taxiway lighting systems, land and hold short lighting systems, rotating beacons, wind cones, obstruction lights, MALSF, ODALS, REILs and PAPIs.

This advisory circular (AC) contains equipment specifications for light beacons that are used to locate and identify civil airports, military airports, seaplane bases, and heliports.