Airports and FAA

[WA_Sparky]

Does anyone have any idea when the FAA regulations do and don't apply for work to be done within an airport fenced in air space? If a maintenance building is detached from the main airport, say at the end of a taxiway a mile away from the main terminals, but still within the fenced-in area, do FAA standards still apply?

Does anyone have any knowledge of how taxiway/runway lighting is typically powered and controlled? I know some have to be on battery back-up and others have to be on normal/emergency power to eliminate single point failure, but are they typically powered and controlled from one general location assuming control tower.

 

[kwired]

Does anyone have any idea when the FAA regulations do and don't apply for work to be done within an airport fenced in air space? If a maintenance building is detached from the main airport, say at the end of a taxiway a mile away from the main terminals, but still within the fenced-in area, do FAA standards still apply?

Does anyone have any knowledge of how taxiway/runway lighting is typically powered and controlled? I know some have to be on battery back-up and others have to be on normal/emergency power to eliminate single point failure, but are they typically powered and controlled from one general location assuming control tower.

As far as the mentioned building - it's existence, size, location in proximity to certain runways, etc. very well may be FAA regulated. As far as how that relates to the electrical trades - might not impact your wiring within said building one bit. May impact runway lighting and other similar items or even items on exterior of said building though.

 

[tom baker]

Runway lighting is series wired. At my local airport, unmanned, pilots turn on the lights via a phone call. Several code cycles ago the NEC added a section on series lighting, some were saying the NEC didn’t apply
Read and study the specs, there may be specials that could be costly if missed

 

[drcampbell]

Taxiway/runway lighting is often a high-voltage series string -- 8000 volts or so -- with intensity controlled by controlling current.
(that information is several years old and there may be more modern approaches in use now)