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Airport rotating beacon

Term · Aviation and air traffic control · MLC-T-AVN-000073

A visual NAVAID operated at many airports. At civil airports, alternating white and green flashes indicate the location of the airport. At military airports, the beacons flash alternately white and green, but are differentiated from civil beacons by dualpeaked (two quick) white flashes between the green flashes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AVN-000073
FieldAviation and air traffic control
SynonymsBeacon
ReferencesAIM; FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary
See alsoInstrument flight rules (IFR); Special VFR operations; Aerodrome beacon [ICAO]
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AVN-000073",
  "term": "Airport rotating beacon",
  "field": "Aviation and air traffic control",
  "definition": "A visual NAVAID operated at many airports. At civil airports, alternating white and green flashes indicate the location of the airport. At military airports, the beacons flash alternately white and green, but are differentiated from civil beacons by dualpeaked (two quick) white flashes between the green flashes.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Beacon"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Instrument flight rules (IFR)",
    "Special VFR operations",
    "Aerodrome beacon [ICAO]"
  ],
  "references": [
    "AIM",
    "FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/aviation/airport-rotating-beacon/"
}

Record 73 of 1,122 in Aviation and air traffic control terminology (MLC-0104). Request the full dataset.