(WXYZ) — Airport approach lights: they are an essential safety feature for landings, especially during bad weather. But air traffic controllers say the lighting ...

Air traffic controllers at Detroit Metro Airport say the airport's approach lighting system (ALS) is falling apart. The lights, mounted high above the ground and stretching up to hundreds of yards ...

When foul weather wipes out familiar landmarks, airline pilots have the I.L.S. (Instrument Landing System) glide path to lead them in a gradual descent to the runway. At many airports they also have G ...

Polish investigators are investigating a serious incident in which a chartered Air Europa Boeing 737-800 descended far below the approach path and destroyed dozens of approach lights while landing at ...

Irish authorities are warning pilots of a potentially hazardous optical illusion at Dublin Airport whereby the obstacle lighting on top of a tall building could be mistaken for runway approach lights.

It has only been five years, but Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose will finally be getting approach lights. Designed to eliminate detoured flights due to dense fog or low ...