• Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    I can’t imagine this being used for anything other than daylight VFR flying, which doesn’t need radio guidance or even guidance in general beyond the airstrip itself. It’s also possible that there are lights, and they’re just too small to see when not lit.

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      1 year ago

      Aren’t there usually strips of lights on the approach before the runway itself? At least for normal commercial airports they are present.

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        1 year ago

        Naw most VFR unguided airstrips like this don’t have anything in the way of landing assistance. The idea being that they’d never fly at night time and divert to a nearby IFR airport if there’s sudden weather. Like literal fair weather pilots.