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BWI Wins Airfield Lighting Award
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Recognizes Airport for Lighting Project That Improved Safety |
BWI AIRPORT, MD (January 18, 2007) - The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), Airfield Lighting Committee, has recognized Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport as its Air Carrier Airport of the Year. IESNA Airfield Lighting Committee selected BWI Marshall based on an airfield project that installed specialized lighting to enhance safety and assist in aircraft navigation.
“We are proud to be recognized with this award,” said Timothy L. Campbell, A.A.E., Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA). “The Airport staff worked very hard on this important lighting project that improves safety and efficiency.”
The IESNA award was the result of a BWI Marshall project to improve the configuration of Taxiway R near the intersection with Runway 15R – 33L. The project involved a new application of the “stop bar” concept, which prevents taxiing aircraft from mistakenly proceeding on to runways or other taxiways. Stop bar lights are lighting fixtures that are set within the airfield pavement, flush with the surface. The BWI Marshall project improved operating safety at the Airport, and it led the Federal Aviation Administration to update federal guidelines for planning, design, and construction to allow for this use at other airports around the country.
The IESNA is the recognized technical authority on lighting and illumination. For more than 100 years, the organization has worked to communicate information on good lighting practices to its members, the lighting community, and consumers. The mission of the IESNA’s Aviation Committee is to “study the application and control of light and lighting to spaces and functions involved in the operation of aircraft and spacecraft.”
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