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	~~{{Short description\|Beacon installed at an airport}}~~
	~~{{distinguish\|Airway beacon}}~~
	~~{{about\|identifying airports to overhead aircraft\|sending information to travellers' phones\|Bluetooth low energy beacon}}~~

	[[File:Rotating beacon at the Alberta Aviation Museum.JPG\|thumb\|A portable rotating beacon on display at the [[Alberta Aviation Museum]]]]		[[File:Rotating beacon at the Alberta Aviation Museum.JPG\|thumb\|A portable rotating beacon on display at the [[Alberta Aviation Museum]]]]
	An '''aerodrome beacon''', '''airport beacon''', '''rotating beacon''' or '''aeronautical beacon''' is a [[beacon]] installed at an [[airport]] or [[aerodrome]] to indicate its location to aircraft pilots at night.		An '''aerodrome beacon''', '''airport beacon''', '''rotating beacon''' or '''aeronautical beacon''' is a [[beacon]] installed at an [[airport]] or [[aerodrome]] to indicate its location to aircraft pilots at night.
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	An aerodrome beacon is mounted on top of a towering structure, often a [[control tower]], above other buildings of the airport. It produces flashes similar to that of a [[lighthouse]].		An aerodrome beacon is mounted on top of a towering structure, often a [[control tower]], above other buildings of the airport. It produces flashes similar to that of a [[lighthouse]].

	[[Airport]] and [[heliport]] beacons are designed in such a way to make them most effective from one to ten degrees above the horizon; however, they can be seen well above and below this peak spread. The beacon may be an [[wikt:omnidirectional\|omnidirectional]] flashing [[~~strobe~~ light\|xenon strobe]], or it may be an [[aerobeacon]] rotating at a constant speed which produces the visual effect of flashes at regular intervals. Flashes may be of one, two, or three alternating colors ([[#Color combinations\|described below]]).		[[Airport]] and [[heliport]] beacons are designed in such a way to make them most effective from one to ten degrees above the horizon; however, they can be seen well above and below this peak spread. The beacon may be an [[wikt:omnidirectional\|omnidirectional]] flashing [[Strobe light\|xenon strobe]], or it may be an [[aerobeacon]] rotating at a constant speed which produces the visual effect of flashes at regular intervals. Flashes may be of one, two, or three alternating colors ([[Aerodrome beacon#Color combinations\|described below]]).

	==In the United States==		==In the United States==
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	~~{{commons category\|Airport beacons}}~~
	*[[Index of aviation articles]]		*[[Index of aviation articles]]
	*[[Instrument landing system]], for the radio-frequency beacons used to locate aircraft.		*[[Instrument landing system]], for the radio-frequency beacons used to locate aircraft.
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{{Short description|Beacon installed at an airport}}
{{distinguish|Airway beacon}}
{{about|identifying airports to overhead aircraft|sending information to travellers' phones|Bluetooth low energy beacon}}

[[File:Rotating beacon at the Alberta Aviation Museum.JPG|thumb|A portable rotating beacon on display at the [[Alberta Aviation Museum]]]]
An '''aerodrome beacon''', '''airport beacon''', '''rotating beacon''' or '''aeronautical beacon''' is a [[beacon]] installed at an [[airport]] or [[aerodrome]] to indicate its location to aircraft pilots at night.

An aerodrome beacon is mounted on top of a towering structure, often a [[control tower]], above other buildings of the airport. It produces flashes similar to that of a [[lighthouse]].

[[Airport]] and [[heliport]] beacons are designed in such a way to make them most effective from one to ten degrees above the horizon; however, they can be seen well above and below this peak spread. The beacon may be an [[wikt:omnidirectional|omnidirectional]] flashing [[strobe light|xenon strobe]], or it may be an [[aerobeacon]] rotating at a constant speed which produces the visual effect of flashes at regular intervals. Flashes may be of one, two, or three alternating colors ([[#Color combinations|described below]]).

==In the United States==
[[File:KBTP Beacon.jpg|thumb|An active beacon at [[Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport]], Pennsylvania.]]
In the United States, the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) has established the following rules for airport beacons:<ref name="aim 2-1">{{cite web |url=https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap2_section_1.html |title = Aeronautical Information Manual |date = 2019-08-15 |access-date = 2019-08-31 |publisher = [[Federal Aviation Administration]] |author = AJV-8, Air Traffic Procedures | pages = 2–1–10 |no-pp = y}}</ref>

'''Flashing rates'''
# 24 to 30 per minute for beacons marking airports, landmarks, and points on Federal airways
# 30 to 45 per minute for beacons marking heliports

'''Color combinations'''
# White and Green — Lighted land airport
# Green alone* — Lighted land airport
# White and Yellow — Lighted water airport
# Yellow alone* — Lighted water airport
# Green, Yellow, and White — Lighted heliport
# White, White, Green** — Military Airport
# White, Green, Amber — Hospital and/or Emergency Services Heliport

:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Green alone or yellow alone is used only in connection with a white-and-green or white-and-yellow beacon display, respectively.

:<nowiki>**</nowiki>Military airport beacons flash alternately white and green, but are differentiated from civil beacons by two quick white flashes between the green flashes.

In [[Airspace class (United States)|Class]] B, C, D, and E surface areas, operation of the airport beacon between sunrise and sunset often indicates that the ground visibility is less than 3 miles and/or the [[Flight ceiling|ceiling]] is less than 1,000 feet. This is true particularly at locations where beacon controls are available to air traffic control personnel;<ref name=".65 3-4">{{cite web |url=https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/atc_html/chap3_section_4.html |title = FAA JO 7110.65Y – Air Traffic Control |date = 2019-08-15 |access-date = 2019-08-31 |publisher = [[Federal Aviation Administration]] |author = AJV-8, Air Traffic Procedures | pages = 3–4–18 |no-pp = y}}</ref> however there is no regulation requiring daytime operation.<ref name="aim 2-1"/>

At some locations with operating control towers, ATC personnel turn the beacon on or off with controls in the tower. At many airports the airport beacon is turned on by a [[Solar cell|photoelectric cell]] or time clocks, and ATC personnel cannot control them.<ref name="aim 2-1"/>

==In Canada==
In Canada, the regulations are different. Lighted aerodromes are equipped with white single flash beacons operating at a frequency of 20 to 30 flashes per minute. Heliports with beacons exhibit the morse letter H (4 short flashes) at a rate of 3 to 4 groups per minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/publications/tp14371/AGA/7-1.htm |author=Transport Canada |title=TC AGA |date=23 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617185432/http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/publications/tp14371/AGA/7-1.htm |archive-date=17 June 2008 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{commons category|Airport beacons}}
*[[Index of aviation articles]]
*[[Instrument landing system]], for the radio-frequency beacons used to locate aircraft.

==Notes==
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