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PilotActivatedLighting (PAL)
When a flight is planned to land at night at an aerodromewithPAL and
standby power, an alternate is required unless a responsible person is in
attendance tomanually switch on the aerodrome lighting.
This alternate need not have standby power or standby portable runway
lighting.
AlternateAerodromes - PAL
An aerodromemay benominated as an alternateprovided that, if the aircraft
is fittedwith a singleVHF communication, the alternate aerodromemust be
onewhich is:
• served by a lighting systemwhich is not pilot activated; or
• served by PAL and there is a responsibleperson in attendance to
manually switch on the aerodrome lighting.
For PVT, AWK andCHTR night VFRoperations, where the alternate
aerodrome is served by PAL, there is no requirement for a responsible person
on the ground to be in attendance, but the aircraftmust beequippedwith;
• dual VHF; or
• singleVHF andHF communications and carries 30minutes holding fuel
to allow for the alerting of ground staff in the event of a failureof the
aircraft’s VHF communication.
AerodromeLighting–TimesofActivation
When aerodrome lighting is required andPAL is not being used, thepilot in
commandor operatormust ensure that arrangements have beenmade for
the lighting to be operating during the followingperiods:
• Departure: from at least 10minutes beforeETD to at least 30minutes
after take-off
• Arrival: from at least 30minutes beforeETA to the time landing and taxiing
has been completed.
The above shall apply to runway, obstacle and taxiway lighting.
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