iandavid Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just bought Sumburgh Airport but there is no taxiway lighting at night on 09/27? Paul Gardner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Hello, welcome to the forums. There don't seem to be any taxiways as such, do you mean that the runway has no lighting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Burgess Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Hi there, 23 hours ago, iandavid said: there is no taxiway lighting at night on 09/27? Hi there, Just had a chance to look at this. According to the latest airport information I have (dated April 2020) there is very little taxiway lighting at Sumburgh. Here's the relevant section. Runway light(s): Blue edge lights on Runway 15/33 from Hold Kilo to the edge of Runway 09/27. Taxiway light(s): Holding points designated by retro-reflective illuminated signs and red stop lights (except Holds F, W and Z which is unlit). We might have it slightly wrong in that the Blue edge lights only go from hold K to rwy 15/33 at which point we have the runway edge lights of 15/33 taking you to the edge of 09/27 rather than more blue edge lights. Here's what I see: We possibly actually have some lights which shouldn't be there (blue edge lights from hold C onto rwy 15/33 and from hold J onto rwy 15/33 appear in the scenery but not in the actual airport information). The runways 09\27 and 15\33 have edge lights but no centreline lights - again consistent with the airport information. In the top screenshot is the illuminated sign marking the hold short, I suspect we might be missing the red stop lights mentioned. Hope somewhere in all this is an answer to your original question! I guess landing at the airport after dark is only advisable in an aircraft with good lights of it's own. Opening hours are listed as: Mon-Fri 0730-2015 (0630-1915); Sat 0730-1430 (0630-1330); Sun 1045-2000 (0945-1900). I know that so far North, in Winter, a lot of night would be included in those hours. It's bad enough where I live in the middle of Scotland! All the best, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandavid Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Hi John Thanks for that. Just wanted to be sure that it wasn't an issue with my scenery. You'd think that being an oil terminal it would be 24hr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Burgess Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Hi Paul, The actual terminal is further North (Sullom Voe) but I think Sumburgh is the main airport for Shetland. It's one of the bits of Scotland I've yet to visit. Furthest I've got North was cycling around Orkney with my wife a few years ago. On the to do list! All the best, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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